μάργαρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Back-formation from μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /már.ɡa.ron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ɡa.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ɣa.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ɣa.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmar.ɣa.ron/
Noun
μάργᾰρον • (márgaron) n (genitive μαργάρου); second declension
- Synonym of μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μᾰ́ργᾰρον tò márgaron |
τὼ μᾰργᾰ́ρω tṑ margárō |
τᾰ̀ μᾰ́ργᾰρᾰ tà márgara | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μᾰργᾰ́ρου toû margárou |
τοῖν μᾰργᾰ́ροιν toîn margároin |
τῶν μᾰργᾰ́ρων tôn margárōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μᾰργᾰ́ρῳ tôi margárōi |
τοῖν μᾰργᾰ́ροιν toîn margároin |
τοῖς μᾰργᾰ́ροις toîs margárois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μᾰ́ργᾰρον tò márgaron |
τὼ μᾰργᾰ́ρω tṑ margárō |
τᾰ̀ μᾰ́ργᾰρᾰ tà márgara | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰ́ργᾰρον márgaron |
μᾰργᾰ́ρω margárō |
μᾰ́ργᾰρᾰ márgara | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μαργαρώδης (margarṓdēs, “pearl-like”)
Descendants
- →⇒ French: margarine (see there for further descendants)
- →⇒ French: margarique
- English: margaric
Further reading
- μάργαρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “μάργαρον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “μάργαρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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