μαρικᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A foreign word. Used by Eupolis in his work Marikas to attack Hyperbolus.

Possibly from Old Persian marīkā, which may be from Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man, lover”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.ri.kâːs/ → /ma.riˈkas/ → /ma.riˈkas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ri.kâːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.riˈkas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.riˈkas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.riˈkas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.riˈkas/

Noun

μᾰρῐκᾶς • (marikâs) m (genitive μᾰρῐκᾶ); first declension

1. (derogatory) catamite (a passive male sexual partner); debauchee

   Synonyms: βάταλος (bátalos), κίναιδος (kínaidos), λάσταυρος (lástauros)

2. a term of endearment used for a male child
3. (rare) a male given name

Inflection

First declension of ὁ μᾰρῐκᾶς; τοῦ μᾰρῐκᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰρῐκᾶς ho marikâs	τὼ μᾰρῐκᾶ tṑ marikâ	οἱ μᾰρῐκαῖ hoi marikaî
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰρῐκᾶ toû marikâ	τοῖν μᾰρῐκαῖν toîn marikaîn	τῶν μᾰρῐκῶν tôn marikôn
Dative	τῷ μᾰρῐκᾷ tôi marikâi	τοῖν μᾰρῐκαῖν toîn marikaîn	τοῖς μᾰρῐκαῖς toîs marikaîs
Accusative	τὸν μᾰρῐκᾶν tòn marikân	τὼ μᾰρῐκᾶ tṑ marikâ	τοὺς μᾰρῐκᾶς toùs marikâs
Vocative	μᾰρῐκᾶ marikâ	μᾰρῐκᾶ marikâ	μᾰρῐκαῖ marikaî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “Old Persian Marika-, Eupolis Marikas and Aristophanes Knights”, in Classical Quarterly‎^[1], volume 35, number 1, 1985 May, pages 38–42

Further reading

• “μαρικᾶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μαρικᾶς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette