μακροθυμία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μᾰκροθῡμίη (makrothūmíē) — Ionic

Etymology

From μᾰκρόθῡμος (makróthūmos, “long-suffering, patient”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from μᾰκρός (makrós, “long”) +‎ θῡμός (thūmós, “soul; temper, passion”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.kro.tʰyː.mí.aː/ → /ma.kro.θyˈmi.a/ → /ma.kro.θiˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.kro.tʰyː.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.kro.tʰyˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.kro.θyˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.kro.θyˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.kro.θiˈmi.a/

Noun

μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (makrothūmíā) f (genitive μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. long-suffering, patience
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander 549
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 5.4.10
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Colossians 1:11
   • 75 CE, Josephus, The Jewish War 6.1.5
   • 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, De Causis et Signis Diuturnorum Morborum 1.1
2. forbearance
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Proverbs 25.15
   • 700 BCE – 600 BCE, Aristeas, Collected Works 188
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Ephesians 4:2

Declension

First declension of ἡ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ hē makrothūmíā	τὼ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ makrothūmíā	αἱ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αι hai makrothūmíai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês makrothūmíās	τοῖν μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αιν toîn makrothūmíain	τῶν μᾰκροθῡμῐῶν tôn makrothūmiôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾳ têi makrothūmíāi	τοῖν μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αιν toîn makrothūmíain	ταῖς μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αις taîs makrothūmíais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn makrothūmíān	τὼ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ makrothūmíā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s makrothūmíās
Vocative	μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ makrothūmíā	μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ makrothūmíā	μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αι makrothūmíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μακροθυμία (makrothymía)
• Old Church Slavonic: длъготрьпѣниѥ (dlŭgotrĭpěnije) (calque)

References

• “μακροθῡμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μακροθυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G3115 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ (makrothūmíā).

Noun

μακροθυμία • (makrothymía) f (uncountable)

1. forbearance

Declension

  μακροθυμία

case     \     number	singular
nominative	μακροθυμία •
genitive	μακροθυμίας •
accusative	μακροθυμία •
vocative	μακροθυμία •