μάκελλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μάκελλος (mákellos)

Etymology

A foreign borrowing, either from Semitic (compare Hebrew מִכְלָה (mikla'ah, “enclosure”)) or from the same Pre-Greek word family as μακέλη (makélē, “mattock”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.kel.lon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.kel.lon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.cel.lon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.cel.lon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ce.lon/

Noun

μᾰ́κελλον • (mắkellon) n (genitive μᾰκέλλου); second declension

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ μᾰ́κελλον; τοῦ μᾰκέλλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μᾰ́κελλον tò mắkellon	τὼ μᾰκέλλω tṑ măkéllō	τᾰ̀ μᾰ́κελλᾰ tằ mắkellă
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰκέλλου toû măkéllou	τοῖν μᾰκέλλοιν toîn măkélloin	τῶν μᾰκέλλων tôn măkéllōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰκέλλῳ tōî măkéllōi	τοῖν μᾰκέλλοιν toîn măkélloin	τοῖς μᾰκέλλοις toîs măkéllois
Accusative	τὸ μᾰ́κελλον tò mắkellon	τὼ μᾰκέλλω tṑ măkéllō	τᾰ̀ μᾰ́κελλᾰ tằ mắkellă
Vocative	μᾰ́κελλον mắkellon	μᾰκέλλω măkéllō	μᾰ́κελλᾰ mắkellă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: macellum (“provisions-market”)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάκελλον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 894-5