Athene

From Ancient Greek Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”), a Greek goddess associated with owls.

Athene f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Strigidae – certain small, typical owls or owlets.

• (genus): Speotyto

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Strigiformes - order; Strigidae - family; Surniinae - subfamily

• (genus): Athene blewitti (now Heteroglaux blewitti; forest owlet), Athene brama (spotted owlet), Athene cunicularia (burrowing owl), Athene noctua (little owl) - species

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

• Athene (owl) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Athene on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Athene on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Athene on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Athene at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Athene at Encyclopedia of Life
• Athene at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Athene at Fossilworks

Athene

1. (Greek mythology) Athena (the goddess)

• Pallas Athene, Pallas

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē) and Ἀθῆναι (Athênai). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /aːˈteː.nə/

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• Hyphenation: Athe‧ne
• Rhymes: -eːnə

Athene n

1. Athens (capital city of Greece)
2. (Greek mythology) Athena (ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, craft and war)

• Atheens
• Athener

• IPA^(key): /aˈteːnə/

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Athene f (genitive Athene)

1. (Greek mythology) Athena

Athene

1. Athens