Marathon

See also: marathon

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹəθən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹəˌθɑn/, /ˈmɛɹəˌθɑn/
• Hyphenation: Mar‧a‧thon

Proper noun

Marathon

1. A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.

Derived terms

• Marathon County

Related terms

• marathon

Translations

town in Greece

• Armenian: Մարաթոն (Maratʻon)
• Czech: Marathón (cs) m
• French: Marathon (fr)
• German: Marathon (de)
• Greek: Μαραθώνας (el) m (Marathónas)

  Ancient:

• Icelandic: Maraþon ?
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Maratona
• Japanese: マラトーン (maratōn), マラトン (maraton)
• Latin: Marathōn f
• Portuguese: Maratona f
• Russian: Марафо́н (ru) (Marafón)

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn), from μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”), referring to the prevalence of the plant in the area.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁatɔn/, [ˈmaʁatʰɔn]

Noun

Marathon m (genitive Marathons, plural Marathons)

1. (sports or figuratively) marathon

Derived terms

• Marathonläufer
• Marathonläuferin

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ra.tʰoːn/, [ˈmärät̪ʰoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ra.ton/, [ˈmäːrät̪on]

Proper noun

Marathōn f sg (genitive Marathōnis); third declension

1. Marathon (a town in Greece)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Marathōn
Genitive	Marathōnis
Dative	Marathōnī
Accusative	Marathōnem Marathōna
Ablative	Marathōne
Vocative	Marathōn
Locative	Marathōnī Marathōne

References

• “Marathon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press