μᾶρον
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Aramaic מַרְוָא / ܡܲܪܘܵܐ (marwā, “Origanum syriacum syn. Origanum maru”), an important ritual herb (☞ explained by Löw), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mlc' /marw/), related to Sanskrit मरुव (maruva, “marjoram”). Also found in Arabic مَرْو (marw, “fragrant herbs; pebbles; quartz”), مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš, “marjoram”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mâː.ron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈma.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈma.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈma.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈma.ron/
Noun
[edit]μᾶρον • (mâron) n (genitive μᾱ́ρου); second declension
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μᾶρον tò mâron |
τὼ μᾱ́ρω tṑ mā́rō |
τᾰ̀ μᾶρᾰ tà mâra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μᾱ́ρου toû mā́rou |
τοῖν μᾱ́ροιν toîn mā́roin |
τῶν μᾱ́ρων tôn mā́rōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μᾱ́ρῳ tôi mā́rōi |
τοῖν μᾱ́ροιν toîn mā́roin |
τοῖς μᾱ́ροις toîs mā́rois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μᾶρον tò mâron |
τὼ μᾱ́ρω tṑ mā́rō |
τᾰ̀ μᾶρᾰ tà mâra | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾶρον mâron |
μᾱ́ρω mā́rō |
μᾶρᾰ mâra | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- ὀρίγανον (oríganon)
- ὕσσωπος (hússōpos)
- σισύμβριον (sisúmbrion)
Further reading
[edit]- “μᾶρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μᾶρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 96 seqq.
- “mâron μᾶρον – Thymus sipyleus”, in Dioscórides Interactivo[2] (in Spanish), 2024
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