μακάριος

See also: Μακάριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

μάκαρ (mákar, “blessed”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.ká.ri.os/ → /maˈka.ri.os/ → /maˈka.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ká.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈka.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈka.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈka.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈka.ri.os/

Adjective

μᾰκάρῐος • (măkárĭos) m (feminine μᾰκᾰρίᾱ, neuter μᾰκάρῐον); first/second declension

1. (mostly of men) blessed, happy
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 5.61
   • 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 86
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 354A
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics 1.10.14–16
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, The Demiurge 2, (compare Monostiches 357)
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 309C
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 432D
   • 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 186, (compare The Wasps 1512)
   • 380 BCE, Plato, Euthydemus 303C
   • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1292
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.3.39
   1. (often in Plato as a plural substantive) the rich and better educated
      • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 335E, (compare Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 8.5.3, Aristotle, Politics 7.1.4)
      • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 71A
      • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, The Harp-Player 1.6
   2. (of the dead)
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 947D, (compare Aristophanes, Fragments 445)
   3. (of states, qualities, and the like)
      • 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 1208
      • 415 BCE, Euripides, The Trojan Women 327

Inflection

First and second declension of μᾰκᾰ́ρῐος; μᾰκᾰρῐ́ᾱ; μᾰκᾰ́ρῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μᾰκᾰ́ρῐος măkắrĭos	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ᾱ măkărĭ́ā	μᾰκᾰ́ρῐον măkắrĭon		μᾰκᾰρῐ́ω măkărĭ́ō	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ᾱ măkărĭ́ā	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ω măkărĭ́ō		μᾰκᾰ́ρῐοι măkắrĭoi	μᾰκᾰ́ρῐαι măkắrĭai	μᾰκᾰ́ρῐᾰ măkắrĭă
Genitive		μᾰκᾰρῐ́ου măkărĭ́ou	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ᾱς măkărĭ́ās	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ου măkărĭ́ou		μᾰκᾰρῐ́οιν măkărĭ́oin	μᾰκᾰρῐ́αιν măkărĭ́ain	μᾰκᾰρῐ́οιν măkărĭ́oin		μᾰκᾰρῐ́ων măkărĭ́ōn	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ων măkărĭ́ōn	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ων măkărĭ́ōn
Dative		μᾰκᾰρῐ́ῳ măkărĭ́ōi	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ᾳ măkărĭ́āi	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ῳ măkărĭ́ōi		μᾰκᾰρῐ́οιν măkărĭ́oin	μᾰκᾰρῐ́αιν măkărĭ́ain	μᾰκᾰρῐ́οιν măkărĭ́oin		μᾰκᾰρῐ́οις măkărĭ́ois	μᾰκᾰρῐ́αις măkărĭ́ais	μᾰκᾰρῐ́οις măkărĭ́ois
Accusative		μᾰκᾰ́ρῐον măkắrĭon	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ᾱν măkărĭ́ān	μᾰκᾰ́ρῐον măkắrĭon		μᾰκᾰρῐ́ω măkărĭ́ō	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ᾱ măkărĭ́ā	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ω măkărĭ́ō		μᾰκᾰρῐ́ους măkărĭ́ous	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ᾱς măkărĭ́ās	μᾰκᾰ́ρῐᾰ măkắrĭă
Vocative		μᾰκᾰ́ρῐε măkắrĭe	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ᾱ măkărĭ́ā	μᾰκᾰ́ρῐον măkắrĭon		μᾰκᾰρῐ́ω măkărĭ́ō	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ᾱ măkărĭ́ā	μᾰκᾰρῐ́ω măkărĭ́ō		μᾰκᾰ́ρῐοι măkắrĭoi	μᾰκᾰ́ρῐαι măkắrĭai	μᾰκᾰ́ρῐᾰ măkắrĭă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μᾰκᾰρῐ́ως măkărĭ́ōs				μᾰκᾰρῐώτερος măkărĭṓteros				μᾰκᾰρῐώτᾰτος măkărĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. The masculine forms are sometimes used for the feminine.

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ (makarios)
• → Greek: μακάριος (makários) (learned)
• Greek: μακάρι (makári) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “μακάριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μακάριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μακάριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μακάριος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3107 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• μακάριος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blessed idem, page 83.
  • blissful idem, page 84.
  • fortunate idem, page 340.
  • happy idem, page 384.
  • joyful idem, page 464.
  • prosperous idem, page 653.
  • successful idem, page 834.
• “μακάριος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários, “blessed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈka.ɾi.os/
• Hyphenation: μα‧κά‧ρι‧ος

Adjective

μακάριος • (makários) m (feminine μακάρια, neuter μακάριο)

1. blissful (extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss)

   μακάρια άγνοια (ironic) ― makária ágnoia ― blissful ignorance

2. (dated) blessed (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing)

   Synonym: ευλογημένος (evlogiménos)

Declension

Declension of μακάριος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	μακάριος (makários)	μακάρια (makária)	μακάριο (makário)		μακάριοι (makárioi)	μακάριες (makáries)	μακάρια (makária)
genitive	μακάριου (makáriou)	μακάριας (makárias)	μακάριου (makáriou)		μακάριων (makárion)	μακάριων (makárion)	μακάριων (makárion)
accusative	μακάριο (makário)	μακάρια (makária)	μακάριο (makário)		μακάριους (makárious)	μακάριες (makáries)	μακάρια (makária)
vocative	μακάριε (makárie)	μακάρια (makária)	μακάριο (makário)		μακάριοι (makárioi)	μακάριες (makáries)	μακάρια (makária)

Related terms

• μακάρι (makári)
• μακάρια (makária, adverb)
• (learned) μακαρίως (makaríos, adverb)