Μαραθών

See also: μάραθων and μαράθων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    According to Strabo, from μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”) +‎ -ών (-ṓn), referring to the prevalence of the plant in the area. This explanation appears to be implicitly accepted by Beekes.[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Proper noun

    Μᾰρᾰθών • (Mărăthṓn) m (genitive Μᾰρᾰθῶνος); third declension

    1. Marathon, Attica, Greece

    Usage notes

    The word is used with a feminine article in Pindar.

    Inflection

    Third declension of ὁ Μᾰρᾰθών; τοῦ Μᾰρᾰθῶνος (Attic)
    Case / # Singular
    Nominative ὁ Μᾰρᾰθών
    ho Mărăthṓn
    Genitive τοῦ Μᾰρᾰθῶνος
    toû Mărăthônos
    Dative τῷ Μᾰρᾰθῶνῐ
    tōî Mărăthônĭ
    Accusative τὸν Μᾰρᾰθῶνᾰ
    tòn Mărăthônă
    Vocative Μᾰρᾰθών
    Mărăthṓn
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    • Μαραθῶνάδε (Marathônáde)
    • Μαραθῶνι (Marathôni)
    • Μαραθώνιος (Marathṓnios)
    • Μαραθωνόθεν (Marathōnóthen)

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μάραθον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 903: “DER > line 2 > TNs like Μαραθών”

    Further reading

    • “Μαραθών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “Μαραθών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “Μαραθών”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
    • “Μαραθών”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
    • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
    • Μαραθών, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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