proper noun · femininethird declension
Atthis
Atthis f sg (genitive Atthidos)
Classical[ˈat.tʰɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈat.tis]
Meaning
- Late LatinfemininesingularAttic Greek (prestige dialect of Ancient Greek)
Quinque sunt linguae Graecorum, Ias Doris Atthis Aeolis coene.
late 4th century CE, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 440.5Atthis, quae brevitati studet, admittit soloecismos, quos cum docti fecerint, non soloecismi sed schemata logu appellantur, ut est n u d a g e n u et u r b e m q u a m s t a t u o v e s t r a e s t.
Attic, which favours concision, allows solecisms [which], when learned men have committed them, are called not solecisms but figures of speech, as for instance “nuda genu” [Vergilius, Aeneis 1.320] and “urbem quam statuo vestra est” [opere citato 1.573]. For in those places [Virgil] ought to have said “nudum genu habens” and “urbs quam statuo vestra est”. But in service to the [rhetorical] figure, that which is called Hellenism has reduced the three parts of speech to the two of usage on account of Atticism.late 4th century CE, Diomedes Grammaticus, Artis Grammaticae libri III 440.16–23
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Atthis | — |
| genitive | Atthidos | — |
| dative | Atthidī | — |
| accusative | Atthida | — |
| ablative | Atthide | — |
| vocative | Atthis Atthi | — |
Atthis (better than Attis), ĭdis,
I. adj. f., = Ἀτθίς.
II. Subst.
A. An Athenian woman, Sen. Hippol. 107.—Esp., Philomela; and, since she was changed to a nightingale, meton. for a nightingale, Mart. 1, 54, 9. Also Procne, the sister of Philomela; acc. to the fable (cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 200), changed into a swallow; hence, meton. for a swallow, Mart. 5, 67.—
B. A female friend of Sappho:
Non oculis grata est Atthis, Ov. H. 15, 18 Merk. ubi v. Loers.—C. A name for Attica:
Atthide temptantur gressus, Lucr. 6, 1116; Sid. Carm. 5, 44; cf. Mel. 2, 3, 4; 2, 7, 10.Origins
From Ancient Greek Ἀτθῐ́ς (Atthĭ́s, “Attic”, as a noun “the Attic dialect, the history of Athens, Athens itself”, feminine adjective).