μάκελλα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μακέλη (makélē)

Etymology

The similarity with δίκελλα (díkella) cannot be coincidental but a convincing explanation has yet to be found. Armenian մարկեղ (markeġ, “mattock”) shows a remarkable similarity; it might be a loan from a common source. Unrelated are Lithuanian makaras (“big stave”) and Armenian մաճ (mač, “plough tail”). The variation "-ελλα/-έλη" shows a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

μάκελλα • (mákella) f (genitive μακέλλης); first declension

mattock, pick, used for digging or breaking up

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μάκελλᾰ; τῆς μακέλλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μάκελλᾰ hē mákella	τὼ μακέλλᾱ tṑ makéllā	αἱ μάκελλαι hai mákellai
Genitive	τῆς μακέλλης tês makéllēs	τοῖν μακέλλαιν toîn makéllain	τῶν μακελλῶν tôn makellôn
Dative	τῇ μακέλλῃ têi makéllēi	τοῖν μακέλλαιν toîn makéllain	ταῖς μακέλλαις taîs makéllais
Accusative	τὴν μάκελλᾰν tḕn mákellan	τὼ μακέλλᾱ tṑ makéllā	τᾱ̀ς μακέλλᾱς tā̀s makéllās
Vocative	μάκελλᾰ mákella	μακέλλᾱ makéllā	μάκελλαι mákellai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“μάκελλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μάκελλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“μάκελλα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
μάκελλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
μάκελλα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN