μαρικᾶς
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editA foreign word. Used by Eupolis in his work Marikas to attack Hyperbolus.
Possibly from Old Persian marīkā, which may be from Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man, lover”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.ri.kâːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ma.riˈkas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ma.riˈkas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ma.riˈkas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.riˈkas/
Noun
editμᾰρῐκᾶς • (marikâs) m (genitive μᾰρῐκᾶ); first declension
- (derogatory) catamite (a passive male sexual partner); debauchee
- a term of endearment used for a male child
- (rare) a male given name
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μᾰρῐκᾶς ho marikâs |
τὼ μᾰρῐκᾶ tṑ marikâ |
οἱ μᾰρῐκαῖ hoi marikaî | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μᾰρῐκᾶ toû marikâ |
τοῖν μᾰρῐκαῖν toîn marikaîn |
τῶν μᾰρῐκῶν tôn marikôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μᾰρῐκᾷ tôi marikâi |
τοῖν μᾰρῐκαῖν toîn marikaîn |
τοῖς μᾰρῐκαῖς toîs marikaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μᾰρῐκᾶν tòn marikân |
τὼ μᾰρῐκᾶ tṑ marikâ |
τοὺς μᾰρῐκᾶς toùs marikâs | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰρῐκᾶ marikâ |
μᾰρῐκᾶ marikâ |
μᾰρῐκαῖ marikaî | ||||||||||
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References
edit- “Old Persian Marika-, Eupolis Marikas and Aristophanes Knights”, in Classical Quarterly[1], volume 35, number 1, 1985 May, pages 38–42
Further reading
edit- “μαρικᾶς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μαρικᾶς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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