Μαρκίων

Μαρκίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Μᾶρκος (Mârkos) +‎ -ίων (-íōn), diminutive from Latin Mārcus from Mārs +‎ -cus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maːr.kǐː.ɔːn/ → /marˈci.on/ → /marˈci.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /maːr.kǐː.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /marˈki.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /marˈci.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /marˈci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /marˈci.on/

Proper noun

Μᾱρκῑ́ων • (Mārkī́ōn) m (genitive Μᾱρκῑ́ωνος); third declension

1. a diminutive of the male given name Μᾶρκος (Mârkos), from Latin, equivalent to Latin Mārcīōn or English Marcion
2. (Christianity, Gnosticism, philosophy) Marcion of Sinope: see Marcion
   • c. 155 AD, Justin Martyr, First Apology of Justin Martyr, XXVI, lines 5–6:

     Μαρκίωνα δέ τινα Ποντικόν, ὃς καὶ νῦν ἔτι ἐστὶ διδάσκων τοὺς πειθομένους, ἄλλον τινὰ νομίζειν μείζονα τοῦ δημιουργοῦ θεόν· ὃς κατὰ πᾶν γένος ἀνθρώπων διὰ τῆς τῶν δαιμόνων συλλήψεως πολλοὺς πεποίηκε βλασφημίας λέγειν καὶ ἀρνεῖσθαι τὸν ποιητὴν τοῦδε τοῦ παντὸς θεόν, ἄλλον δέ τινα, ὡς ὄντα μείζονα, τὰ μείζονα παρὰ τοῦτον ὁμολογεῖν πεποιηκέναι πάντες οἱ ἀπὸ τούτων ὁρμώμενοι, ὡς ἔφημεν, Χριστιανοὶ καλοῦνται, ὃν τρόπον καὶ οἱ οὐ κοινωνοῦντες τῶν αὐτῶν δογμάτων τοῖς φιλοσόφοις τὸ ἐπικατηγορούμενον ὄνομα τῆς φιλοσοφίας κοινὸν ἔχουσιν.

     Markíōna dé tina Pontikón, hòs kaì nûn éti estì didáskōn toùs peithoménous, állon tinà nomízein meízona toû dēmiourgoû theón; hòs katà pân génos anthrṓpōn dià tês tôn daimónōn sullḗpseōs polloùs pepoíēke blasphēmías légein kaì arneîsthai tòn poiētḕn toûde toû pantòs theón, állon dé tina, hōs ónta meízona, tà meízona parà toûton homologeîn pepoiēkénai pántes hoi apò toútōn hormṓmenoi, hōs éphēmen, Khristianoì kaloûntai, hòn trópon kaì hoi ou koinōnoûntes tôn autôn dogmátōn toîs philosóphois tò epikatēgoroúmenon ónoma tês philosophías koinòn ékhousin.

     And there is Marcion, a man of Pontus, who is even at this day alive, and teaching his disciples to believe in some other god greater than the Creator. And he, by the aid of the devils, has caused many of every nation to speak blasphemies, and to deny that God is the maker of this universe, and to assert that some other being, greater than He, has done greater works. All who take their opinions from these men, are, as we before said, called Christians; just as also those who do not agree with the philosophers in their doctrines, have yet in common with them the name of philosophers given to them.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μᾱρκίων; τοῦ Μᾱρκίωνος (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μᾱρκίων ho Mārkíōn
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾱρκίωνος toû Mārkíōnos
Dative	τῷ Μᾱρκίωνῐ tôi Mārkíōni
Accusative	τὸν Μᾱρκίωνᾰ tòn Mārkíōna
Vocative	Μᾱρκίων Mārkíōn
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: Μαρκίων (Markíon)
• Latin: Mārcīōn
  • Catalan: Marció
  • → Czech: Markión
  • → Danish: Markion
  • → English: Marcion
  • → Estonian: Markion
  • → Esperanto: Marciono
  • → Finnish: Markion
  • French: Marcion
  • → German: Markion
  • → Hungarian: Markión
  • Italian: Marcione
  • → Dutch: Marcion
  • Occitan: Marcion
  • → Norwegian: Markion
  • → Polish: Marcjon
  • Portuguese: Marcião
  • Romanian: Marcion
  • Sicilian: Marcioni
  • → Slovene: Markion
  • Spanish: Marción
  • → Swedish: Markion
• → Aramaic: מרקיון‎ (Marqiōn)
  • → Arabic: مرقيون‎ (Marqion)
• → Hebrew: מרקיון‎ (Marqiōn)
• → Bulgarian: Маркион (Markion)
• → Belarusian: Маркіён (Markijón)
• → Russian: Маркион (Markion)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Маркион (Marcion)
• → Ukrainian: Маркіон (Markion)

Further reading

• Μαρκίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn) diminutive from Latin Mārcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marˈci.on/
• Hyphenation: Μαρ‧κί‧ων

Proper noun

Μαρκίων • (Markíon) m

1. a diminutive of the male given name Μάρκος (Márkos), from Ancient Greek or Latin, equivalent to English Marcion
2. (Christianity, historical) Marcion of Sinope: see Marcion

Declension

  Μαρκίων

case     \\     number	singular
nominative	Μαρκίων •
genitive	Μαρκίωνος •
accusative	Μαρκίωνα •
vocative	Μαρκίων •