Ancient Greek

Adjective

ᾱ̓θᾰ́νᾰτος • ‎(āthánatos) m ‎(feminine ᾱ̓θᾰ́νᾰτος or ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰ́τη, neuter ᾱ̓θᾰ́νᾰτον); first/second declension

1. undying, immortal
   • 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Collected Works 1.14

     σὺ δ᾽, ὦ μάκαιρα, μειδιάσαισ᾽ ἀθανάτῳ προσώπῳ ἤρε᾽ ὄττι δηὖτε πέπονθα

     And thou, blest Lady, with a smile on that immortal face, didst gently ask what ailed me

2. everlasting, perpetual
   • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1420

     ἀθάνατον ἀρετὴν ἔσχον, ὡς πάρεσθ᾽ ὁρᾶν.

     I have won deathless glory, as you witness.

3. maintained at a constant figure

Inflection

Related terms

• ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱ ‎(āthanasíā)
• ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰτῐ́ζω ‎(āthanatízō)
• ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰτῐσμός ‎(āthanatismós)
• ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰτόω ‎(āthanatóō)

Descendants

• αθάνατος ‎(athánatos)

Noun

ἀθάνατος • ‎(athánatos) m ‎(genitive ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰ́του); second declension

1. the rose campion, Silene coronaria

References

• ἀθάνατος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀθάνατος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀθάνατος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἀθάνατος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἀθάνατος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «ἀθάνατος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• ἀθάνατος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ageless idem, page 18.
  • deathless idem, page 198.
  • eternal idem, page 284.
  • everlasting idem, page 285.
  • immortal idem, page 418.
  • imperishable idem, page 420.
  • incorruptible idem, page 430.
  • undying idem, page 916.
  • unfading idem, page 917.