Μάρτιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mārtius.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mǎːr.ti.os/ → /ˈmar.ti.os/ → /ˈmar.ti.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mǎːr.ti.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ti.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ti.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ti.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ti.os/

Proper noun

Μᾱ́ρτιος • (Mā́rtios) m (genitive Μᾱρτίου); second declension

1. (Koine) March
   • 155 CE – 235 CE, Cassius Dio, 71.33

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μᾱ́ρτῐος; τοῦ Μᾱρτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μᾱ́ρτῐος ho Mā́rtĭos
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾱρτῐ́ου toû Mārtĭ́ou
Dative	τῷ Μᾱρτῐ́ῳ tōî Mārtĭ́ōi
Accusative	τὸν Μᾱ́ρτῐον tòn Mā́rtĭon
Vocative	Μᾱ́ρτῐε Mā́rtĭe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: Μάρτιος (Mártios)
  • Greek: Μάρτιος (Mártios)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: мартъ (martŭ)
    • Bulgarian: март (mart)
  • → Old East Slavic: мартъ (martŭ)
    • Russian: март (mart), мар. (mar.) — abbreviation, мартъ (mart) — pre-1918 spelling
      • → Gagauz: mart
      • → Ingrian: martti
      • → Karelian: marta
      • → Tajik: март (mart)
      • → Turkmen: mart
      • → Uyghur: مارت (mart)
      • → Uzbek: mart
  • → Romanian: martie
• → Old Armenian: մարտ (mart)
  • Armenian: մարտ (mart)

Further reading

• “Μάρτιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μάρτιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

Greek

Alternative forms

• Μάρ (Már) — abbreviation
• Μάρτης m (Mártis) — colloquial or less formal

Etymology

From Koine Greek Μάρτιος (Mártios), from Latin Martius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.ti.os/
• Hyphenation: Μάρ‧τι‧ος

Proper noun

Μάρτιος • (Mártios) m (plural Μάρτιοι)

1. March

Declension

Declension of Μάρτιος

	singular
nominative	Μάρτιος (Mártios)
genitive	Μαρτίου (Martíou)
accusative	Μάρτιο (Mártio)
vocative	Μάρτιε (Mártie)

Coordinate terms

Gregorian calendar months: μήνες (mínes)edit

• Ιανουάριος (Ianouários)
• Φεβρουάριος (Fevrouários)
• Μάρτιος (Mártios)
• Απρίλιος (Aprílios)
• Μάιος (Máios)
• Ιούνιος (Ioúnios)
• Ιούλιος (Ioúlios)
• Αύγουστος (Ávgoustos)
• Σεπτέμβριος (Septémvrios)
• Οκτώβριος (Októvrios)
• Νοέμβριος (Noémvrios)
• Δεκέμβριος (Dekémvrios)

Further reading

• Μάρτιος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el