μακροθυμία

Ancient Greek

From μᾰκρόθῡμος (măkróthūmos, “long-suffering, patient”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from μᾰκρός (măkrós, “long”) +‎ θῡμός (thūmós, “soul; temper, passion”).

μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (măkrothūmĭ́ā) f (genitive μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

long-suffering, patience
- 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander 549
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 5.4.10
- New Testament, Epistle to the Colossians 1:11
- New Testament, Epistle of James 5:10
- 75 CE, Josephus, The Jewish War 6.1.5
- 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, De Causis et Signis Diuturnorum Morborum 1.1
forbearance
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Proverbs 25.15
- 700 BCE – 600 BCE, Aristeas, Collected Works 188
- New Testament, Epistle to the Ephesians 4:2

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ hē măkrothūmĭ́ā	τὼ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ măkrothūmĭ́ā	αἱ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αι hai măkrothūmĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês măkrothūmĭ́ās	τοῖν μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αιν toîn măkrothūmĭ́ain	τῶν μᾰκροθῡμῐῶν tôn măkrothūmĭôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾳ têi măkrothūmĭ́āi	τοῖν μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αιν toîn măkrothūmĭ́ain	ταῖς μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αις taîs măkrothūmĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn măkrothūmĭ́ān	τὼ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ măkrothūmĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s măkrothūmĭ́ās
Vocative	μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ măkrothūmĭ́ā	μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ măkrothūmĭ́ā	μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αι măkrothūmĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

μακροθυμία • (makrothymía) f (uncountable)