μακάριος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

μάκαρ (mákar, blessed) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

μακάριος (makáriosm (feminine μακαρία, neuter μακάριον); first/second declension

  1. (mostly of men) blessed, happy
    1. (often in Plato as a plural substantive) the rich and better educated
    2. (of the dead)
    3. (of states, qualities, and the like)

Inflection

Descendants

  • Coptic: ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ (makarios)
  • Greek: μακάριος (makários) (learned)
  • Greek: μακάρι (makári) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάκαρ (> DER > μακάριος)”, 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

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários, blessed).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈka.ɾi.os/
  • Hyphenation: μα‧κά‧ρι‧ος

Adjective

μακάριος (makáriosm (feminine μακάρια, neuter μακάριο)

  1. blissful (extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss)
    μακάρια άγνοια (ironic)makária ágnoiablissful ignorance
  2. (dated) blessed (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing)
    Synonym: ευλογημένος (evlogiménos)

Declension

Declension of μακάριος
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative μακάριος (makários) μακάρια (makária) μακάριο (makário) μακάριοι (makárioi) μακάριες (makáries) μακάρια (makária)
genitive μακάριου (makáriou) μακάριας (makárias) μακάριου (makáriou) μακάριων (makárion) μακάριων (makárion) μακάριων (makárion)
accusative μακάριο (makário) μακάρια (makária) μακάριο (makário) μακάριους (makárious) μακάριες (makáries) μακάρια (makária)
vocative μακάριε (makárie) μακάρια (makária) μακάριο (makário) μακάριοι (makárioi) μακάριες (makáries) μακάρια (makária)

References

  1. ^ μακάριος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language