Μακεδών
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to μᾰκεδνός (măkednós, “tall, slim”),[1] which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, slender”).[2] Also related to Doric Greek μᾶκος (mâkos) and Attic Greek μῆκος (mêkos, “length”),[3] Μάκιστος (Mákistos) (the mythological eponym of a town in Elis and an epithet of Heracles), 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬵 (masah, “length”), Hittite [script needed] (maklant, “thin”), Latin macer (“meagre”) and Proto-Germanic *magraz (“lean, meager”). The same root and meaning has been duly assigned to the tribal name of the Macedonians,[4] which is commonly explained as having originally meant "the tall ones" or "highlanders" in Greek.[5]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.ke.dɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.keˈdon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.ceˈðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.ceˈðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.ceˈðon/
Noun
[edit]Μᾰκεδών • (Măkedṓn) m (genitive Μᾰκεδόνος); third declension
- an inhabitant of Macedonia; a Macedonian
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μᾰκεδών ho Măkedṓn |
τὼ Μᾰκεδόνε tṑ Măkedóne |
οἱ Μᾰκεδόνες hoi Măkedónes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μᾰκεδόνος toû Măkedónos |
τοῖν Μᾰκεδόνοιν toîn Măkedónoin |
τῶν Μᾰκεδόνων tôn Măkedónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μᾰκεδόνῐ tôi Măkedónĭ |
τοῖν Μᾰκεδόνοιν toîn Măkedónoin |
τοῖς Μᾰκεδόσῐ / Μᾰκεδόσῐν toîs Măkedósĭ(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μᾰκεδόνᾰ tòn Măkedónă |
τὼ Μᾰκεδόνε tṑ Măkedóne |
τοὺς Μᾰκεδόνᾰς toùs Măkedónăs | ||||||||||
Vocative | Μᾰκεδών Măkedṓn |
Μᾰκεδόνε Măkedóne |
Μᾰκεδόνες Măkedónes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱ (Măkedonĭ́ā)
- Μᾰκεδονῐκός (Măkedonĭkós)
Descendants
[edit]- → Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽𐍃 (makidōns)
- Greek: Μακεδών (Makedón)
- → Latin: Macedōn
- → Old Irish: Maccidóndu
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μακεδνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 894
- ^ Article μακεδνός in: Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, Henry Stuart Jones, and Roderick McKenzie: A Greek–English Lexicon (= LSJ). Oxford University Press, Oxford 91925. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ Article μῆκος in: LSJ. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ Article māk̑- in: Gerhard Köbler: Indogermanisches Wörterbuch. Online edition, 2014 (based in part on Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. Francke, Bern 1959, 52005). Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Macedonia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 2008-10-31.
Further reading
[edit]- “Μακεδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Μακεδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- G3110 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
- Μακεδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₂ḱ-
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension