μάργαρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Back-formation from μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /már.ɡa.ron/ → /ˈmar.ɣa.ron/ → /ˈmar.ɣa.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /már.ɡa.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ɡa.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ɣa.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ɣa.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ɣa.ron/

Noun

μάργᾰρον • (márgaron) n (genitive μαργάρου); second declension

1. Synonym of μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ μᾰ́ργᾰρον; τοῦ μᾰργᾰ́ρου (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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