ἀθανασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾱ̓θᾰ́νᾰτος (āthánatos, “undying”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix). The τ (t) changed to σ (s) by palatalization.

Noun

ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (āthanasíā) f (genitive ᾱ̓θᾰνᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. immortality

Inflection

Descendants

  • → English: athanasy
  • → Polish: atanazja

References

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