Μαιμακτηριών

Μαιμακτηριών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μαιμάκτης (Maimáktēs, “boisterous, stormy”), an epithet of Zeus at Athens.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mai̯.mak.tɛː.ri.ɔ̌ːn/ → /mɛ.mak.ti.riˈon/ → /me.mak.ti.riˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mai̯.mak.tɛː.ri.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mɛ.mak.te̝.riˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mɛ.mak.ti.riˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.mak.ti.riˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.mak.ti.riˈon/

Proper noun

Μαιμᾰκτηρῐών • (Maimaktēriṓn) m (genitive Μαιμᾰκτηρῐῶνος); third declension

1. Maimacterion: the fifth month of the Attic calendar, corresponding to the lunar term around November and December

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μαιμᾰκτηρῐών; τοῦ Μαιμᾰκτηρῐῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μαιμᾰκτηρῐών ho Maimaktēriṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Μαιμᾰκτηρῐῶνος toû Maimaktēriônos
Dative	τῷ Μαιμᾰκτηρῐῶνῐ tôi Maimaktēriôni
Accusative	τὸν Μαιμᾰκτηρῐῶνᾰ tòn Maimaktēriôna
Vocative	Μαιμᾰκτηρῐών Maimaktēriṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “Μαιμακτηριών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Μαιμακτηριών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette