μάρρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Possibly from Semitic. Compare Akkadian 𒄑𒈥 (marru [GEŠMAR]), Classical Syriac ܡܪܐ (marra) and Arabic مَرّ (marr). Compare also Latin marra (“hoe”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /már̥.r̥on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.ron/
Noun
μᾰ́ρρον • (mắrrhon) n (genitive μᾰ́ρρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μᾰ́ρρον tò mắrron |
τὼ μᾰ́ρρω tṑ mắrrō |
τᾰ̀ μᾰ́ρρᾰ tằ mắrră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μᾰ́ρρου toû mắrrou |
τοῖν μᾰ́ρροιν toîn mắrroin |
τῶν μᾰ́ρρων tôn mắrrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μᾰ́ρρῳ tōî mắrrōi |
τοῖν μᾰ́ρροιν toîn mắrroin |
τοῖς μᾰ́ρροις toîs mắrrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μᾰ́ρρον tò mắrron |
τὼ μᾰ́ρρω tṑ mắrrō |
τᾰ̀ μᾰ́ρρᾰ tằ mắrră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰ́ρρον mắrron |
μᾰ́ρρω mắrrō |
μᾰ́ρρᾰ mắrră | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μάρρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press