μέγαρον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μᾰ́γᾰρον (mágaron)
Etymology
Of Semitic origin; compare Arabic مَغَارَة (maḡāra, “cave”), Hebrew מְעָרָה (məʿārâ, “cave”), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎙𐎗𐎚 (mġrt, “cave”). Influenced in form and meaning by μέγας (mégas, “big, large”). See also Latin māgālia.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.ɡa.ron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.ɡa.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ron/
Noun
μέγᾰρον • (mégaron) n (genitive μεγᾰ́ρου); ? declension
- large room, hall
- (in the plural) house, palace
- sanctuary, shrine
- tomb
- (in the plural) pits sacred to Demeter and Persephone, into which young pigs were let down in the Thesmophoria
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μέγᾰρον tò mégaron |
τὼ μεγᾰ́ρω tṑ megárō |
τᾰ̀ μέγᾰρᾰ tà mégara | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μεγᾰ́ρου toû megárou |
τοῖν μεγᾰ́ροιν toîn megároin |
τῶν μεγᾰ́ρων tôn megárōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μεγᾰ́ρῳ tôi megárōi |
τοῖν μεγᾰ́ροιν toîn megároin |
τοῖς μεγᾰ́ροις toîs megárois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μέγᾰρον tò mégaron |
τὼ μεγᾰ́ρω tṑ megárō |
τᾰ̀ μέγᾰρᾰ tà mégara | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μέγᾰρον mégaron |
μεγᾰ́ρω megárō |
μέγᾰρᾰ mégara | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | μέγᾰρον mégaron |
μεγᾰ́ρω megárō |
μέγᾰρᾰ mégara | ||||||||||
| Genitive | μεγᾰ́ρου / μεγᾰροῖο / μεγᾰ́ροιο / μεγᾰρόο / μεγᾰ́ροο megárou / megaroîo / megároio / megaróo / megároo |
μεγᾰ́ροιῐν megároiin |
μεγᾰ́ρων megárōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | μεγᾰ́ρῳ megárōi |
μεγᾰ́ροιῐν megároiin |
μεγᾰ́ροισῐ(ν) / μεγᾰ́ροις megároisi(n) / megárois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | μέγᾰρον mégaron |
μεγᾰ́ρω megárō |
μέγᾰρᾰ mégara | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μέγᾰρον mégaron |
μεγᾰ́ρω megárō |
μέγᾰρᾰ mégara | ||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
References
- μέγαρον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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