μάκαρ

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Pre-Greek because of the interchange ᾰρ/ᾱρ (ar/ār) in its variants, as well as the word's seemingly isolated formation.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

μάκᾰρ (mákarm or f (neuter μάκᾰρ); third declension

  1. blessed, happy

Declension

Derived terms

  • μακάρων νῆσοι (makárōn nêsoi, islands of the blessed)
    • English: Macaronesia

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάκαρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 893

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.
  • μάκαρ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011