Μάρτιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mārtius.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mǎːr.ti.os/ → /ˈmar.ti.os/ → /ˈmar.ti.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mǎːr.ti.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ti.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ti.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ti.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ti.os/

Proper noun

Μᾱ́ρτιος • (Mā́rtios) m (genitive Μᾱρτίου); second declension

1. (Koine) March
   • 155 CE – 235 CE, Cassius Dio, 71.33

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μᾱ́ρτῐος; τοῦ Μᾱρτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Μᾱ́ρτῐος ho Mā́rtios	τὼ Μᾱρτῐ́ω tṑ Mārtíō	οἱ Μᾱ́ρτῐοι hoi Mā́rtioi
Genitive	τοῦ Μᾱρτῐ́ου toû Mārtíou	τοῖν Μᾱρτῐ́οιν toîn Mārtíoin	τῶν Μᾱρτῐ́ων tôn Mārtíōn
Dative	τῷ Μᾱρτῐ́ῳ tôi Mārtíōi	τοῖν Μᾱρτῐ́οιν toîn Mārtíoin	τοῖς Μᾱρτῐ́οις toîs Mārtíois
Accusative	τὸν Μᾱ́ρτῐον tòn Mā́rtion	τὼ Μᾱρτῐ́ω tṑ Mārtíō	τοὺς Μᾱρτῐ́ους toùs Mārtíous
Vocative	Μᾱ́ρτῐε Mā́rtie	Μᾱρτῐ́ω Mārtíō	Μᾱ́ρτῐοι Mā́rtioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: Μάρτιος (Mártios)
  • Greek: Μάρτιος (Mártios)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: мартъ (martŭ)
    • Bulgarian: март (mart)
  • → Old East Slavic: мартъ (martŭ)
    • Russian: март (mart), мартъ (mart) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
      • → Ingrian: martti
      • → Karelian:
        • South Karelian: marta
      • → Tajik: март (mart)
      • → Turkmen: mart
      • → Uyghur: مارت (mart)
      • → Uzbek: mart
  • → Romanian: martie
• → Old Armenian: մարտ (mart)
  • Armenian: մարտ (mart)

Further reading

• “Μάρτιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μάρτιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

Greek

Alternative forms

• Μάρτης m (Mártis) (colloquial or less formal)

Etymology

From Koine Greek Μάρτιος (Mártios), from Latin Martius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.ti.os/
• Hyphenation: Μάρ‧τι‧ος

Proper noun

Μάρτιος • (Mártios) m (plural Μάρτιοι)

1. March

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	Μάρτιος (Mártios)	Μάρτιοι (Mártioi)
genitive	Μαρτίου (Martíou)	Μαρτίων (Martíon)
accusative	Μάρτιο (Mártio)	Μαρτίους (Martíous)
vocative	Μάρτιε (Mártie)	Μάρτιοι (Mártioi)

Coordinate terms

• (Gregorian calendar months) μήνες (mínes); Ιανουάριος (Ianouários), Φεβρουάριος (Fevrouários), Μάρτιος (Mártios), Απρίλιος (Aprílios), Μάιος (Máios), Ιούνιος (Ioúnios), Ιούλιος (Ioúlios), Αύγουστος (Ávgoustos), Σεπτέμβριος (Septémvrios), Οκτώβριος (Októvrios), Νοέμβριος (Noémvrios), Δεκέμβριος (Dekémvrios) ^{(Category: el:Months)}

Further reading

• Μάρτιος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el