μακέλας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Lydian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.ké.laːs/ → /maˈce.las/ → /maˈce.las/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ké.laːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈke.las/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈce.las/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈce.las/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈce.las/

Noun

μᾰκέλᾱς • (makélās) m (genitive μᾰκέλου); first declension

1. kind of priest in Lydia

Inflection

First declension of ὁ μᾰκέλᾱς; τοῦ μᾰκέλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰκέλᾱς ho makélās	τὼ μᾰκέλᾱ tṑ makélā	οἱ μᾰκέλαι hoi makélai
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰκέλου toû makélou	τοῖν μᾰκέλαιν toîn makélain	τῶν μᾰκελῶν tôn makelôn
Dative	τῷ μᾰκέλᾳ tôi makélāi	τοῖν μᾰκέλαιν toîn makélain	τοῖς μᾰκέλαις toîs makélais
Accusative	τὸν μᾰκέλᾱν tòn makélān	τὼ μᾰκέλᾱ tṑ makélā	τοὺς μᾰκέλᾱς toùs makélās
Vocative	μᾰκέλᾱ makélā	μᾰκέλᾱ makélā	μᾰκέλαι makélai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μακέλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press