μαρικᾶς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A foreign word. Used by Eupolis in his work Marikas to attack Hyperbolus.
Possibly from Old Persian marīkā, which may be from Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man, lover”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.ri.kâːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.riˈkas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.riˈkas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.riˈkas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.riˈkas/
Noun
μᾰρῐκᾶς • (marikâs) m (genitive μᾰρῐκᾶ); first declension
- (derogatory) catamite (a passive male sexual partner); debauchee
- Synonyms: βάταλος (bátalos), κίναιδος (kínaidos), λάσταυρος (lástauros)
- a term of endearment used for a male child
- (rare) a male given name
Inflection
First declension of ὁ μᾰρῐκᾶς; τοῦ μᾰρῐκᾶ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μᾰρῐκᾶς ho marikâs | τὼ μᾰρῐκᾶ tṑ marikâ | οἱ μᾰρῐκαῖ hoi marikaî | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μᾰρῐκᾶ toû marikâ | τοῖν μᾰρῐκαῖν toîn marikaîn | τῶν μᾰρῐκῶν tôn marikôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μᾰρῐκᾷ tôi marikâi | τοῖν μᾰρῐκαῖν toîn marikaîn | τοῖς μᾰρῐκαῖς toîs marikaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μᾰρῐκᾶν tòn marikân | τὼ μᾰρῐκᾶ tṑ marikâ | τοὺς μᾰρῐκᾶς toùs marikâs | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰρῐκᾶ marikâ | μᾰρῐκᾶ marikâ | μᾰρῐκαῖ marikaî | ||||||||||
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References
- “Old Persian Marika-, Eupolis Marikas and Aristophanes Knights”, in Classical Quarterly, volume 35, issue 1, May 1985, pages 38–42
Further reading
- “μαρικᾶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μαρικᾶς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette