atheos

Latin

Alternative forms
  • atheus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless, without a god”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.tʰe.os/, [ˈa.tʰe.ɔs]

Noun

atheos m (genitive atheī); second declension

  1. an atheist; one who rejected the gods worshipped by the wider society.
    • 45 BCE, Cicero, De natura deorum, 1.63
      quid Diagoras atheos qui dictus est […]
      Diagoras, who is called an atheist, […]

Inflection

Second declension, Greek type.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative atheos atheī
Genitive atheī atheōrum
Dative atheō atheīs
Accusative atheon atheōs
Ablative atheō atheīs
Vocative athee atheī

Descendants

References
  • atheos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • atheos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • atheos in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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