Μαιμακτηριών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Μαιμάκτης (Maimáktēs, “boisterous, stormy”), an epithet of Zeus at Athens.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mai̯.mak.tɛː.ri.ɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mɛ.mak.te̝.riˈon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mɛ.mak.ti.riˈon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.mak.ti.riˈon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.mak.ti.riˈon/
Proper noun
Μαιμᾰκτηρῐών • (Maimăktērĭṓn) m (genitive Μαιμᾰκτηρῐῶνος); third declension
- Maimacterion: the fifth month of the Attic calendar, corresponding to the lunar term around November and December
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Μαιμᾰκτηρῐών ho Maimăktērĭṓn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Μαιμᾰκτηρῐῶνος toû Maimăktērĭônos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Μαιμᾰκτηρῐῶνῐ tōî Maimăktērĭônĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Μαιμᾰκτηρῐῶνᾰ tòn Maimăktērĭônă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μαιμᾰκτηρῐών Maimăktērĭṓn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Μαιμακτηριώνας (Maimaktiriónas)
References
- “Μαιμακτηριών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Μαιμακτηριών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette