Μακεδών

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Related to μᾰκεδνός (makednós, tall, slim),[1] which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (long, slender).[2] Also related to Doric Greek μᾶκος (mâkos) and Attic Greek μῆκος (mêkos, length),[3] Μάκιστος (Mákistos) (the mythological eponym of a town in Elis and an epithet of Heracles), 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬵 (masah, length), Hittite [script needed] (maklant, thin), Latin macer (meagre) and Proto-Germanic *magraz (lean, meager). The same root and meaning has been duly assigned to the tribal name of the Macedonians,[4] which is commonly explained as having originally meant "the tall ones" or "highlanders" in Greek.[5]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Μᾰκεδών (Makedṓnm (genitive Μᾰκεδόνος); third declension

  1. an inhabitant of Macedonia; a Macedonian

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μακεδνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 894
  2. ^ Article μακεδνός in: Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, Henry Stuart Jones, and Roderick McKenzie: A Greek–English Lexicon (= LSJ). Oxford University Press, Oxford 91925. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ^ Article μῆκος in: LSJ. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ^ Article māk̑- in: Gerhard Köbler: Indogermanisches Wörterbuch. Online edition, 2014 (based in part on Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. Francke, Bern 1959, 52005). Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Macedonia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 2008-10-31.

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