Ἀτλαντίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās, “Atlas”) +‎ -ῐς (-is).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἀτλᾰντῐ́ς • (Atlantís) f (genitive Ἀτλᾰντῐ́δος); third declension

  1. Atlantic Ocean
  2. Atlantis

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Ἀτλᾰντῐ́ς; τῆς Ἀτλᾰντῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἀτλᾰντῐ́ς
hē Atlantís
Genitive τῆς Ἀτλᾰντῐ́δος
tês Atlantídos
Dative τῇ Ἀτλᾰντῐ́δῐ
têi Atlantídi
Accusative τὴν Ἀτλᾰντῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Atlantída
Vocative Ἀτλᾰντῐ́ς
Atlantís
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • Greek: Ατλαντίς (Atlantís)
  • Latin: Atlantis

References
  • Ἀτλαντίς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
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