μέγαρον
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- μᾰ́γᾰρον (mágaron)
Etymology
[edit]In the "sacred pit" sense, borrowed from Semitic, perhaps with influence from the "hall" sense; compare Arabic مَغَارَة (maḡāra, “cave”), Hebrew מְעָרָה (məʿārâ, “cave”), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎙𐎗𐎚 (mġrt, “cave”).[1] See also Latin māgālia (“huts”).
In the "hall" sense, borrowed from Pre-Greek, albeit influenced in form and meaning by μέγας (mégas, “big, large”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.ɡa.ron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɡa.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ron/
Noun
[edit]μέγᾰρον • (mégaron) n (genitive μεγᾰ́ρου); second declension
- large room, hall
- (in the plural) house, palace
- sanctuary, shrine
- tomb
- (in the plural) pits sacred to Demeter and Persephone, into which young pigs were let down in the Thesmophoria
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μέγᾰρον tò mégaron |
τὼ μεγᾰ́ρω tṑ megárō |
τᾰ̀ μέγᾰρᾰ tà mégara | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μεγᾰ́ρου toû megárou |
τοῖν μεγᾰ́ροιν toîn megároin |
τῶν μεγᾰ́ρων tôn megárōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μεγᾰ́ρῳ tôi megárōi |
τοῖν μεγᾰ́ροιν toîn megároin |
τοῖς μεγᾰ́ροις toîs megárois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μέγᾰρον tò mégaron |
τὼ μεγᾰ́ρω tṑ megárō |
τᾰ̀ μέγᾰρᾰ tà mégara | ||||||||||
Vocative | μέγᾰρον mégaron |
μεγᾰ́ρω megárō |
μέγᾰρᾰ mégara | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | μέγᾰρον mégaron |
μεγᾰ́ρω megárō |
μέγᾰρᾰ mégara | ||||||||||
Genitive | μεγᾰ́ρου / μεγᾰροῖο / μεγᾰ́ροιο / μεγᾰρόο / μεγᾰ́ροο megárou / megaroîo / megároio / megaróo / megároo |
μεγᾰ́ροιῐν megároiin |
μεγᾰ́ρων megárōn | ||||||||||
Dative | μεγᾰ́ρῳ megárōi |
μεγᾰ́ροιῐν megároiin |
μεγᾰ́ροισῐ / μεγᾰ́ροισῐν / μεγᾰ́ροις megároisi(n) / megárois | ||||||||||
Accusative | μέγᾰρον mégaron |
μεγᾰ́ρω megárō |
μέγᾰρᾰ mégara | ||||||||||
Vocative | μέγᾰρον mégaron |
μεγᾰ́ρω megárō |
μέγᾰρᾰ mégara | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
[edit]- Μέγᾰρᾰ (Mégara)
- Μέγαρα Ὑβλαῖα (Mégara Hublaîa)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μέγαρα 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 917
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μέγαρον 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 917
Further reading
[edit]- “μέγαρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- Ancient Greek terms borrowed from a Pre-Greek substrate
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
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- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
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- grc:Places of worship
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