μακάρων νῆσοι
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From μακάρων (makárōn, “blessed”) + νῆσοι (nêsoi, “island”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.ká.rɔːn nɛ̂ː.soi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /maˈka.ron ˈne̝.sy/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /maˈka.ron ˈni.sy/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /maˈka.ron ˈni.sy/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /maˈka.ron ˈni.si/
Proper noun[edit]
μακάρων νῆσοι • (makárōn nêsoi) f (genitive μακάρων νήσων); second declension (plural only)
- Islands of the Blessed
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 171:
- ἐν μακάρων νήσοισι παρ᾽ Ὠκεανὸν βαθυδίνην
- en makárōn nḗsoisi par᾽ Ōkeanòn bathudínēn
- on the Islands of the Blessed besides deep-eddying Oceanus
- ἐν μακάρων νήσοισι παρ᾽ Ὠκεανὸν βαθυδίνην
Descendants[edit]
- → English: Macaronesia
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