μακροθυμία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μᾰκροθῡμίη (măkrothūmíē) — Ionic

Etymology

From μᾰκρόθῡμος (măkróthūmos, “long-suffering, patient”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from μᾰκρός (măkrós, “long”) +‎ θῡμός (thūmós, “soul; temper, passion”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.kro.tʰyː.mí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.kro.tʰyˈmi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.kro.θyˈmi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.kro.θyˈmi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.kro.θiˈmi.a/

Noun

μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (măkrothūmĭ́ā) f (genitive μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

long-suffering, patience
- 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander 549
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 5.4.10
- New Testament, Epistle to the Colossians 1:11
- New Testament, Epistle of James 5:10
- 75 CE, Josephus, The Jewish War 6.1.5
- 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, De Causis et Signis Diuturnorum Morborum 1.1
forbearance
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Proverbs 25.15
- 700 BCE – 600 BCE, Aristeas, Collected Works 188
- New Testament, Epistle to the Ephesians 4:2

Declension

First declension of ἡ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ hē măkrothūmĭ́ā	τὼ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ măkrothūmĭ́ā	αἱ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αι hai măkrothūmĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês măkrothūmĭ́ās	τοῖν μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αιν toîn măkrothūmĭ́ain	τῶν μᾰκροθῡμῐῶν tôn măkrothūmĭôn
Dative	τῇ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾳ tēî măkrothūmĭ́āi	τοῖν μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αιν toîn măkrothūmĭ́ain	ταῖς μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αις taîs măkrothūmĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn măkrothūmĭ́ān	τὼ μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ măkrothūmĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s măkrothūmĭ́ās
Vocative	μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ măkrothūmĭ́ā	μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ măkrothūmĭ́ā	μᾰκροθῡμῐ́αι măkrothūmĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: μακροθυμία (makrothymía)
→ Old Church Slavonic: длъготрьпѣниѥ (dlŭgotrĭpěnije) (calque)

References

“μακροθῡμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
μακροθυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G3115 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ (măkrothūmĭ́ā).

Noun

μακροθυμία • (makrothymía) f (uncountable)

forbearance

Declension

Declension of **μακροθυμία**
	singular
nominative	μακροθυμία (makrothymía)
genitive	μακροθυμίας (makrothymías)
accusative	μακροθυμία (makrothymía)
vocative	μακροθυμία (makrothymía)