Μαραθών

See also: μάραθων and μαράθων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Strabo, from μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”), referring to the prevalence of the plant in the area.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Μᾰρᾰθών • (Marathṓn) m (genitive Μᾰρᾰθῶνος); third declension

  1. Marathon, Attica, Greece

Usage notes

The word is used with a feminine article in Pindar.

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Μᾰρᾰθών; τοῦ Μᾰρᾰθῶνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Μᾰρᾰθών
ho Marathṓn
Genitive τοῦ Μᾰρᾰθῶνος
toû Marathônos
Dative τῷ Μᾰρᾰθῶνῐ
tôi Marathôni
Accusative τὸν Μᾰρᾰθῶνᾰ
tòn Marathôna
Vocative Μᾰρᾰθών
Marathṓn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Μαραθῶνάδε (Marathônáde)
  • Μαραθῶνι (Marathôni)
  • Μαραθώνιος (Marathṓnios)
  • Μαραθωνόθεν (Marathōnóthen)

Descendants

References
  • Μαραθών in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Μαραθών in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Μαραθών in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Μαραθών in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
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