μάκαρ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μάκαρς (mákars)
Etymology
Probably from Pre-Greek because of the interchange ᾰρ/ᾱρ.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /má.kar/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.kar/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.kar/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.kar/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.kar/
Adjective
μάκᾰρ • (mákar) m or f (neuter μάκᾰρ); third declension
- blessed, happy
Declension
Third declension of μάκᾰρ; μᾰ́κᾰρ (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | μάκᾰρ mákar | μᾰ́κᾰρ mákar | μᾰ́κᾰρε mákare | μᾰ́κᾰρε mákare | μᾰ́κᾰρες mákares | μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ mákara | ||||||||
Genitive | μᾰ́κᾰρος mákaros | μᾰ́κᾰρος mákaros | μᾰκᾰ́ροιν makároin | μᾰκᾰ́ροιν makároin | μᾰκᾰ́ρων makárōn | μᾰκᾰ́ρων makárōn | ||||||||
Dative | μᾰ́κᾰρῐ mákari | μᾰ́κᾰρῐ mákari | μᾰκᾰ́ροιν makároin | μᾰκᾰ́ροιν makároin | μᾰ́κᾰρσῐ / μᾰ́κᾰρσῐν mákarsi(n) | μᾰ́κᾰρσῐ / μᾰ́κᾰρσῐν mákarsi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ mákara | μᾰ́κᾰρ mákar | μᾰ́κᾰρε mákare | μᾰ́κᾰρε mákare | μᾰ́κᾰρᾰς mákaras | μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ mákara | ||||||||
Vocative | μᾰ́κᾰρ mákar | μᾰ́κᾰρ mákar | μᾰ́κᾰρε mákare | μᾰ́κᾰρε mákare | μᾰ́κᾰρες mákares | μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ mákara | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μᾰκᾰ́ρως makárōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Third declension of μάκᾰρ; μᾰ́κᾰρ (Epic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | μάκᾰρ mákar | μᾰ́κᾰρ mákar | μᾰ́κᾰρε mákare | μᾰ́κᾰρε mákare | μᾰ́κᾰρες mákares | μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ mákara | ||||||||
Genitive | μᾰ́κᾰρος mákaros | μᾰ́κᾰρος mákaros | μᾰκᾰ́ροιῐν makároiin | μᾰκᾰ́ροιῐν makároiin | μᾰκᾰ́ρων makárōn | μᾰκᾰ́ρων makárōn | ||||||||
Dative | μᾰ́κᾰρῐ mákari | μᾰ́κᾰρῐ mákari | μᾰκᾰ́ροιῐν makároiin | μᾰκᾰ́ροιῐν makároiin | μᾰ́κᾰρσῐ / μᾰ́κᾰρσῐν / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσσῐ / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσσῐν / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσῐ / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσῐν mákarsi(n) / makáressi(n) / makáresi(n) | μᾰ́κᾰρσῐ / μᾰ́κᾰρσῐν / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσσῐ / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσσῐν / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσῐ / μᾰκᾰ́ρεσῐν mákarsi(n) / makáressi(n) / makáresi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ mákara | μᾰ́κᾰρ mákar | μᾰ́κᾰρε mákare | μᾰ́κᾰρε mákare | μᾰ́κᾰρᾰς mákaras | μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ mákara | ||||||||
Vocative | μᾰ́κᾰρ mákar | μᾰ́κᾰρ mákar | μᾰ́κᾰρε mákare | μᾰ́κᾰρε mákare | μᾰ́κᾰρες mákares | μᾰ́κᾰρᾰ mákara | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μᾰκᾰ́ρως makárōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μακάρων νῆσοι (makárōn nêsoi, “islands of the blessed”)
- → English: Macaronesia
Descendants
- → English: makarism
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading
- “μάκαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μάκαρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μάκαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blessed idem, page 83.
- blissful idem, page 84.
- fortunate idem, page 340.
- happy idem, page 384.
- joyful idem, page 464.
- prosperous idem, page 653.