Athenian

[uh-thee-nee-uh n]

adjective

pertaining to Athens, Greece.

noun

a native or citizen of Athens, Greece.

Origin of Athenian

1580–90; < Latin Athēni(ēnsis) of Athens + -an; see -ensis

Related formspro-A·the·ni·an, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for athenian

Contemporary Examples of athenian

Athenian sports paper Sport Day topped their front page with “Bankrupt Them” on Friday morning.
Soccer Diplomacy: Merkel, Greece Near Critical Final Round on Debt
Barbie Latza Nadeau
June 22, 2012
The 28-year-old Athenian sex worker is feeling the effects of austerity in a different way than most are.
Prostitutes Are Scapegoated as HIV Panic Grips Athens
Barbie Latza Nadeau
June 17, 2012

Historical Examples of athenian

The Athenian slave laws were much more mild than modern codes.
Philothea
Lydia Maria Child
The Athenian generals did not fail to take advantage of this negligence.
Stories from Thucydides
H. L. Havell
Neither would you approve of the delicacies, as they are thought, of Athenian confectionary?
The Republic
Plato
And knowledge is not true opinion; for the Athenian dicasts have true opinion but not knowledge.
Theaetetus
Plato
The Menexenus veils in panegyric the weak places of Athenian history.
Menexenus
Plato

British Dictionary definitions for athenian

Athenian

noun

a native or inhabitant of Athens

adjective

of or relating to Athens

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Word Origin and History for athenian

Athenian

Old English Atheniense (plural noun), from Latin Atheniensis, from Athenae (see Athens).