Marcion
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See also: Marción
English
Etymology
From Late Latin Mārciōn (from Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, diminutive of Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos, from Mārcus (from Mārs + -cus)))), from Old Latin Māvors and Proto-Indo-European *-kos.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Marcion
- A diminutive of the male given name Marcus, from Latin or Ancient Greek, variant of Marc or Mark, equivalent to Koine Greek Μᾱρκίων (Mārkíōn) or Latin Mārciōn
- (Christianity, Gnosticism, philosophy, history) Marcion of Sinope, 2nd century AD theologian, philosopher, preacher and founder of Marcionism, a Hellenistic Christian religious belief system influenced by Gnostic theology; compiled the first Biblical canon, consisting solely of Greek New Testament scriptures, totally rejecting the scriptural authority of the Hebrew Tanakh adopted as the canonical Old Testament of the Christian Bible
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Latin
Etymology
From Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, diminutive of Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos, from Mārcus (from Mārs + -cus))), from Old Latin Māvors and Proto-Indo-European *-kos.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmaːr.ki.oːn/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmar.t͡ʃi.on/,
Proper noun
Mārciōn m sg (genitive Mārciōnis); third declension
- a diminutive of the male given name Mārcus, from Ancient Greek or Old Latin, equivalent to Koine Greek Μᾱρκίων (Mārkíōn) or English Marcion
- (Christianity, Gnosticism, philosophy) Marcion of Sinope: see Marcion
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Mārciōn |
| Genitive | Mārciōnis |
| Dative | Mārciōnī |
| Accusative | Mārciōnem |
| Ablative | Mārciōne |
| Vocative | Mārciōn |
Descendants
- 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
Further reading
- “Marcion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Marcion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 949.
- Marcion in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 811