Μακεδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to μᾰκεδνός (makednós, “tall, slim”),[1] which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, slender”).[2] Also related to Doric Greek μᾶκος (mâkos) and Attic Greek μῆκος (mêkos, “length”),[3] Μάκιστος (Mákistos) (the mythological eponym of a town in Elis and an epithet of Heracles), 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬵 (masah, “length”), Hittite [script needed] (maklant, “thin”), Latin macer (“meagre”) and Proto-Germanic *magraz (“lean, meager”). The same root and meaning has been duly assigned to the tribal name of the Macedonians,[4] which is commonly explained as having originally meant "the tall ones" or "highlanders" in Greek.[5]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ke.dɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.keˈdon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.ceˈðon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.ceˈðon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.ceˈðon/

Noun

Μᾰκεδών • (Makedṓn) m (genitive Μᾰκεδόνος); third declension

an inhabitant of Macedonia; a Macedonian

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μᾰκεδών; τοῦ Μᾰκεδόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Μᾰκεδών ho Makedṓn	τὼ Μᾰκεδόνε tṑ Makedóne	οἱ Μᾰκεδόνες hoi Makedónes
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾰκεδόνος toû Makedónos	τοῖν Μᾰκεδόνοιν toîn Makedónoin	τῶν Μᾰκεδόνων tôn Makedónōn
Dative	τῷ Μᾰκεδόνῐ tôi Makedóni	τοῖν Μᾰκεδόνοιν toîn Makedónoin	τοῖς Μᾰκεδόσῐ / Μᾰκεδόσῐν toîs Makedósi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Μᾰκεδόνᾰ tòn Makedóna	τὼ Μᾰκεδόνε tṑ Makedóne	τοὺς Μᾰκεδόνᾰς toùs Makedónas
Vocative	Μᾰκεδών Makedṓn	Μᾰκεδόνε Makedóne	Μᾰκεδόνες Makedónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Μᾰκεδονῐ́ᾱ (Makedoníā)
Μᾰκεδονῐκός (Makedonikós)

Descendants

→ Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽𐍃 (makidōns)
Greek: Μακεδών (Makedón)
→ Latin: Macedōn
- → Old Irish: Maccidóndu

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μακεδνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 894
Article μακεδνός in: Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, Henry Stuart Jones, and Roderick McKenzie: A Greek–English Lexicon (= LSJ). Oxford University Press, Oxford ⁹1925. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
Article μῆκος in: LSJ. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
Article māk̑- in: Gerhard Köbler: Indogermanisches Wörterbuch. Online edition, 2014 (based in part on Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. Francke, Bern 1959, ⁵2005). Retrieved 19 May 2016.
Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Macedonia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 2008-10-31.