μακέλας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Lydian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.ké.laːs/ → /maˈce.las/ → /maˈce.las/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ké.laːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈke.las/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈce.las/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈce.las/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈce.las/

Noun

μᾰκέλᾱς • (măkélās) m (genitive μᾰκέλου); first declension

1. kind of priest in Lydia

Inflection

First declension of ὁ μᾰκέλᾱς; τοῦ μᾰκέλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰκέλᾱς ho măkélās	τὼ μᾰκέλᾱ tṑ măkélā	οἱ μᾰκέλαι hoi măkélai
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰκέλου toû măkélou	τοῖν μᾰκέλαιν toîn măkélain	τῶν μᾰκελῶν tôn măkelôn
Dative	τῷ μᾰκέλᾳ tôi măkélāi	τοῖν μᾰκέλαιν toîn măkélain	τοῖς μᾰκέλαις toîs măkélais
Accusative	τὸν μᾰκέλᾱν tòn măkélān	τὼ μᾰκέλᾱ tṑ măkélā	τοὺς μᾰκέλᾱς toùs măkélās
Vocative	μᾰκέλᾱ măkélā	μᾰκέλᾱ măkélā	μᾰκέλαι măkélai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μακέλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press