atheos

Latin

Alternative forms

• atheus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tʰe.os/, [ˈät̪ʰeɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.te.os/, [ˈäːt̪eos]

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).

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

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016