μακάρων νῆσοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μακάρων (makárōn, “blessed”) +‎ νῆσοι (nêsoi, “island”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ká.rɔːn nɛ̂ː.soi̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈka.ron ˈne̝.sy/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈka.ron ˈni.sy/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈka.ron ˈni.sy/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈka.ron ˈni.si/

Proper noun

μακάρων νῆσοι • (makárōn nêsoi) f (genitive μακάρων νήσων); second declension (plural only)

Islands of the Blessed
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 171:
  ἐν μακάρων νήσοισι παρ᾽ Ὠκεανὸν βαθυδίνην
  en makárōn nḗsoisi par’ Ōkeanòn bathudínēn
  on the Islands of the Blessed besides deep-eddying Oceanus

Descendants

→ English: Macaronesia