μαρτιχόρας
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μαντιχώρας (mantikhṓras), μαρτιοχώρας (martiokhṓras)
Etymology
From Iranian; compare Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-r-t-i-y /martiya/, “man, mortal”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”)) and Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (xᵛaraiti, “to consume, eat”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mar.ti.kʰó.raːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mar.tiˈkʰo.ras/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mar.tiˈxo.ras/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mar.tiˈxo.ras/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mar.tiˈxo.ras/
Noun
μαρτῐχόρᾱς • (martikhórās) m (genitive μαρτῐχόρου); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ μαρτῐχόρᾱς ho martikhórās |
τὼ μαρτῐχόρᾱ tṑ martikhórā |
οἱ μαρτῐχόραι hoi martikhórai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μαρτῐχόρου toû martikhórou |
τοῖν μαρτῐχόραιν toîn martikhórain |
τῶν μαρτῐχορῶν tôn martikhorôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μαρτῐχόρᾳ tôi martikhórāi |
τοῖν μαρτῐχόραιν toîn martikhórain |
τοῖς μαρτῐχόραις toîs martikhórais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν μαρτῐχόρᾱν tòn martikhórān |
τὼ μαρτῐχόρᾱ tṑ martikhórā |
τοὺς μαρτῐχόρᾱς toùs martikhórās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μαρτῐχόρᾱ martikhórā |
μαρτῐχόρᾱ martikhórā |
μαρτῐχόραι martikhórai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: manticore
Further reading
- “μαρτιχόρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μαρτιχόρας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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