ἀμάρακον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἀμάρακος (amárakos)

Etymology

The word has been connected with Ancient Macedonian ἀβαρύ (abarú, “oregano, marjoram”). If this is accepted, the variation μ/β points to a Pre-Greek origin, which is probable anyhow. According to Beekes, the connection with Sanskrit मरुवक (maruvaka, “marjoram”) must be wrong.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.mǎː.ra.kon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra.kon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra.kon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra.kon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ra.kon/

Noun

ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκον • (amā́rakon) n (genitive ἀμᾱράκου); second declension

marjoram (Origanum majorana)
Synonyms: κονίλη (konílē), σάμψουχον (sámpsoukhon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκον; τοῦ ἀμᾱρᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκον tò amā́rakon	τὼ ἀμᾱρᾰ́κω tṑ amārákō	τᾰ̀ ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκᾰ tà amā́raka
Genitive	τοῦ ἀμᾱρᾰ́κου toû amārákou	τοῖν ἀμᾱρᾰ́κοιν toîn amārákoin	τῶν ἀμᾱρᾰ́κων tôn amārákōn
Dative	τῷ ἀμᾱρᾰ́κῳ tôi amārákōi	τοῖν ἀμᾱρᾰ́κοιν toîn amārákoin	τοῖς ἀμᾱρᾰ́κοις toîs amārákois
Accusative	τὸ ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκον tò amā́rakon	τὼ ἀμᾱρᾰ́κω tṑ amārákō	τᾰ̀ ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκᾰ tà amā́raka
Vocative	ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκον amā́rakon	ἀμᾱρᾰ́κω amārákō	ἀμᾱ́ρᾰκᾰ amā́raka
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ἀμᾱρακίνη (Amārakínē)
ἀμᾱράκινος (amārákinos)
ἀμᾱρακόεις (amārakóeis)

Descendants

Latin: amāracus

“ἀμάρακον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀμάρακον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀμάρακον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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