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atheos

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Latin

Alternative forms

  • atheus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

atheos m (genitive atheī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • Catalan: ateu
  • English: atheist
  • French: athée
  • Galician: ateo
  • Italian: ateo
  • Portuguese: ateu
  • Romanian: ateu
  • Sicilian: àtiu
  • Spanish: ateo

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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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