μαρικᾶς

Ancient Greek

A foreign word. Used by Eupolis in his work Marikas to attack Hyperbolus.

Possibly from Old Persian marīkā, which may be from Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man, lover”).

μᾰρῐκᾶς • (mărĭkâs) m (genitive μᾰρῐκᾶ); first declension

(derogatory) catamite (a passive male sexual partner); debauchee
Synonyms: βάταλος (bátalos), κίναιδος (kínaidos), λάσταυρος (lástauros)
a term of endearment used for a male child
(rare) a male given name

First declension of ὁ μᾰρῐκᾶς; τοῦ μᾰρῐκᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰρῐκᾶς ho mărĭkâs	τὼ μᾰρῐκᾶ tṑ mărĭkâ	οἱ μᾰρῐκαῖ hoi mărĭkaî
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰρῐκᾶ toû mărĭkâ	τοῖν μᾰρῐκαῖν toîn mărĭkaîn	τῶν μᾰρῐκῶν tôn mărĭkôn
Dative	τῷ μᾰρῐκᾷ tōî mărĭkāî	τοῖν μᾰρῐκαῖν toîn mărĭkaîn	τοῖς μᾰρῐκαῖς toîs mărĭkaîs
Accusative	τὸν μᾰρῐκᾶν tòn mărĭkân	τὼ μᾰρῐκᾶ tṑ mărĭkâ	τοὺς μᾰρῐκᾶς toùs mărĭkâs
Vocative	μᾰρῐκᾶ mărĭkâ	μᾰρῐκᾶ mărĭkâ	μᾰρῐκαῖ mărĭkaî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“Old Persian Marika-, Eupolis Marikas and Aristophanes Knights”, in Classical Quarterly‎^[1], volume 35, number 1, May 1985, pages 38–42