Αίτνα

Greek

Etymology

Latin Aetna, in turn from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈet.na/
  • Hyphenation: Αίτ‧να

Proper noun

Αίτνα • (Aítna) f

  1. Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)

Declension
  Αίτνα
case     \     number singular
nominative Αίτνα •
genitive Αίτνας •
accusative Αίτνα •
vocative Αίτνα •

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