Gender Masculine
Scripts Pron. /ˌæθ.ə.ˈneɪ.ʃəs/ (English) [key ·simplify]
Meaning & History
From the Greek name , from Greek a), a negative prefix, combined with thanatos) meaning "death" [1] . Saint Athanasius was a 4th-century bishop of Alexandria who strongly opposed Arianism.
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Sources & References
- Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry qa/natos, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dqa%2Fnatos.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026