ἀμάρακον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀμάρακος (amárakos)

Etymology

The word has been connected with Ancient Macedonian ἀβαρύ (abarú, “oregano, marjoram”). If this is accepted, the variation μ/β points to a Pre-Greek origin, which is probable anyhow. According to Beekes, the connection with Sanskrit मरुवक (maruvaka, “marjoram”) must be wrong.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mǎː.ra.kon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra.kon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra.kon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra.kon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra.kon/

Noun

ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκον • (amā́răkon) n (genitive ἀμᾱράκου); second declension

marjoram (Origanum majorana)
Synonyms: κονίλη (konílē), σάμψουχον (sámpsoukhon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκον; τοῦ ἀμᾱρᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκον tò amā́răkon	τὼ ἀμᾱρᾰ́κω tṑ amārắkō	τᾰ̀ ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκᾰ tằ amā́răkă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμᾱρᾰ́κου toû amārắkou	τοῖν ἀμᾱρᾰ́κοιν toîn amārắkoin	τῶν ἀμᾱρᾰ́κων tôn amārắkōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμᾱρᾰ́κῳ tôi amārắkōi	τοῖν ἀμᾱρᾰ́κοιν toîn amārắkoin	τοῖς ἀμᾱρᾰ́κοις toîs amārắkois
Accusative	τὸ ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκον tò amā́răkon	τὼ ἀμᾱρᾰ́κω tṑ amārắkō	τᾰ̀ ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκᾰ tằ amā́răkă
Vocative	ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκον amā́răkon	ἀμᾱρᾰ́κω amārắkō	ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκᾰ amā́răkă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ἀμᾱρακίνη (Amārakínē)
ἀμᾱράκινος (amārákinos)
ἀμᾱρακόεις (amārakóeis)

Descendants

Latin: amāracus

“ἀμάρακον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀμάρακον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀμάρακον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN