μακάρων νῆσοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μακάρων (makárōn, “blessed”) +‎ νῆσοι (nêsoi, “island”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.ká.rɔːn nɛ̂ː.soi̯/ → /maˈka.ron ˈni.sy/ → /maˈka.ron ˈni.si/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ká.rɔːn nɛ̂ː.soi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈka.ron ˈne̝.sy/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈka.ron ˈni.sy/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈka.ron ˈni.sy/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈka.ron ˈni.si/

Proper noun

μακάρων νῆσοι • (makárōn nêsoi) f (genitive μακάρων νήσων); second declension (plural only)

1. Islands of the Blessed
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 171:

     ἐν μακάρων νήσοισι παρ᾽ Ὠκεανὸν βαθυδίνην

     en makárōn nḗsoisi par᾽ Ōkeanòn bathudínēn

     on the Islands of the Blessed besides deep-eddying Oceanus

Descendants

• → English: Macaronesia