Μακάρων νῆσοι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μᾰκᾰ́ρων (măkắrōn, “blessed”) + νῆσοι (nêsoi, “island”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.ká.rɔːn nɛ̂ː.soi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /maˈka.ron ˈne̝.sy/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /maˈka.ron ˈni.sy/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /maˈka.ron ˈni.sy/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /maˈka.ron ˈni.si/
Proper noun
Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νῆσοι • (Măkắrōn nêsoi) f (genitive Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσων); second declension (plural only)
- Islands of the Blessed
- c. 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 171:
- ἐν Μακάρων νήσοισι παρ᾽ Ὠκεανὸν βαθυδίνην
- en Makárōn nḗsoisi par’ Ōkeanòn bathudínēn
- on the Islands of the Blessed besides deep-eddying Oceanus
- ἐν Μακάρων νήσοισι παρ᾽ Ὠκεανὸν βαθυδίνην
Declension
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | οἱ Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νῆσοι hoi Măkắrōn nêsoi | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσων tôn Măkắrōn nḗsōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσοις toîs Măkắrōn nḗsois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τοὺς Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσους toùs Măkắrōn nḗsous | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νῆσοι Măkắrōn nêsoi | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νῆσοι Măkắrōn nêsoi | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσων Măkắrōn nḗsōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσοισῐ / Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσοισῐν / Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσοις Măkắrōn nḗsoisĭ(n) / Măkắrōn nḗsois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσους Măkắrōn nḗsous | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νῆσοι Măkắrōn nêsoi | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | οἱ Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νῆσοι hoi Măkắrōn nêsoi | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσων tôn Măkắrōn nḗsōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσοισῐ / Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσοισῐν toîsĭ(n) Măkắrōn nḗsoisĭ(n) | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τοὺς Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νήσους toùs Măkắrōn nḗsous | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μᾰκᾰ́ρων νῆσοι Măkắrōn nêsoi | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: Macaronesia