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/

Proper noun

Αίτνα • (Aítna) f

Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)

Declension

Declension of Αίτνα (Aítna)

	singular
nominative	Αίτνα •
genitive	Αίτνας •
accusative	Αίτνα •
vocative	Αίτνα •

Further reading

Αίτνα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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