Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀθανάσιος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ath-ə-NAY-shəs(English)
From the Greek name
Ἀθανάσιος (Athanasios) meaning
"immortal", from Greek
ἀ (a), a negative prefix, combined with
θάνατος (thanatos) meaning "death".
Saint Athanasius was a 4th-century bishop of Alexandria who strongly opposed Arianism.