Latin

Alternative forms

• atheus

Noun

atheos m ‎(genitive atheī); second declension

1. an atheist, term applied to those who thought to reject the gods worshipped by the larger society.
   • 45 BCE, Cicero, De natura deorum, 1.63

     quid Diagoras atheos qui dictus est […]

     Diagoras, who is called an atheist, […]

Inflection

Second declension, Greek type.

Descendants

• Italian: ateo
• Spanish: ateo

References

• atheos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “atheos”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• atheos in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016