Μακεδών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Related to Greek μᾰκεδνός (makednós).[1] Both proper nouns Makedṓn and Makednós are morphologically derived from the Ancient Greek adjective makednós meaning "tall, slim", and are related to the term Macedonia. The adjective is traditionally derived from the Indo-European root *mak- or *meh2k-, meaning "long, slender", cognate with poetic Greek makednós or mēkedanós "long, tall",[2] Doric mãkos and Attic mẽkos "length",[3] Makistos, the mythological eponym of a town in Elis and an epithet of Heracles, Avestan masah "length", Hittite mak-l-ant "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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.ke.dɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.kɛˈdon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.keˈðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.ceˈðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.ceˈðon/
Noun
Μᾰκεδών • (Makedṓn) m (genitive Μᾰκεδόνος); third declension
- an inhabitant of Macedonia; a Macedonian
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μᾰκεδών ho Makedṓn |
τὼ Μᾰκεδόνε tṑ Makedóne |
οἱ Μᾰκεδόνες hoi Makedónes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μᾰκεδόνος toû Makedónos |
τοῖν Μᾰκεδόνοιν toîn Makedónoin |
τῶν Μᾰκεδόνων tôn Makedónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μᾰκεδόνῐ tôi Makedóni |
τοῖν Μᾰκεδόνοιν toîn Makedónoin |
τοῖς Μᾰκεδόσῐ / Μᾰκεδόσῐν toîs Makedósi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μᾰκεδόνᾰ tòn Makedóna |
τὼ Μᾰκεδόνε tṑ Makedóne |
τοὺς Μᾰκεδόνᾰς toùs Makedónas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Μᾰκεδών Makedṓn |
Μᾰκεδόνε Makedóne |
Μᾰκεδόνες Makedónes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱ (Makedoníā)
- Μᾰκεδονῐκός (Makedonikós)
References
- 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, 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.
- “Macedonia” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019, retrieved 2008-10-31.
Further reading
- 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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
- Μακεδών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette