μακρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *makrós, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós, from *meh₂ḱ- (“to increase”). By surface analysis, μῆκος (mêkos) +‎ -ρός (-rós). Cognates include Latin macer and Old English mæger.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.krós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈkros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈkros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈkros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈkros/

Adjective

μᾰκρός • (makrós) m (feminine μᾰκρᾱ́, neuter μᾰκρόν); first/second declension

long
tall, deep
far, distant
(time) long
(grammar, of vowels) long

Inflection

First and second declension of μᾰκρός; μᾰκρᾱ́; μᾰκρόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	μᾰκρός makrós	μᾰκρᾱ́ makrā́	μᾰκρόν makrón	μᾰκρώ makrṓ	μᾰκρᾱ́ makrā́	μᾰκρώ makrṓ	μᾰκροί makroí	μᾰκραί makraí	μᾰκρᾰ́ makrá
Genitive	μᾰκροῦ makroû	μᾰκρᾶς makrâs	μᾰκροῦ makroû	μᾰκροῖν makroîn	μᾰκραῖν makraîn	μᾰκροῖν makroîn	μᾰκρῶν makrôn	μᾰκρῶν makrôn	μᾰκρῶν makrôn
Dative	μᾰκρῷ makrôi	μᾰκρᾷ makrâi	μᾰκρῷ makrôi	μᾰκροῖν makroîn	μᾰκραῖν makraîn	μᾰκροῖν makroîn	μᾰκροῖς makroîs	μᾰκραῖς makraîs	μᾰκροῖς makroîs
Accusative	μᾰκρόν makrón	μᾰκρᾱ́ν makrā́n	μᾰκρόν makrón	μᾰκρώ makrṓ	μᾰκρᾱ́ makrā́	μᾰκρώ makrṓ	μᾰκρούς makroús	μᾰκρᾱ́ς makrā́s	μᾰκρᾰ́ makrá
Vocative	μᾰκρέ makré	μᾰκρᾱ́ makrā́	μᾰκρόν makrón	μᾰκρώ makrṓ	μᾰκρᾱ́ makrā́	μᾰκρώ makrṓ	μᾰκροί makroí	μᾰκραί makraí	μᾰκρᾰ́ makrá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	μακρῶς makrôs			μακρότερος / μάσσων makróteros / mássōn			μακρότατος / μήκιστος makrótatos / mḗkistos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

(long): βραχύς (brakhús)

Derived terms

μάκροθεν (mákrothen)
μάκρων (mákrōn)
μᾰκραίων (makraíōn)
μᾰκραύχην (makraúkhēn)
μᾰκρηγορέω (makrēgoréō)
μᾰκρηγορίᾱ (makrēgoríā)
μᾰκρόβιος (makróbios)
μᾰκροβιότης (makrobiótēs)
μᾰκρογόγγυλος (makrogóngulos)
μᾰκροθῡμέω (makrothūméō)
μᾰκροθῡμίᾱ (makrothūmíā)
μᾰκρόθῡμος (makróthūmos)
μᾰκροκέφαλος (makroképhalos)
μᾰκρολογέω (makrologéō)
μᾰκρολογίᾱ (makrologíā)
μᾰκρολόγος (makrológos)
μᾰκρόουρος (makróouros)
μᾰκροτέρως (makrotérōs)
μᾰκρότης (makrótēs)
μᾰκρότονος (makrótonos)
μᾰκροτράχηλος (makrotrákhēlos)
μᾰκρύνω (makrúnō)
μᾰκρᾱ́ν (makrā́n)
ὑπόμᾰκρος (hupómakros)

Related terms

μῆκος (mêkos, “length”)

Descendants

English: macro-, macron (via μακρόν (makrón))
Latin: macrochaeta

References

“μακρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μακρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“μακρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
μακρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
μακρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“μακρός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G3117 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ample idem, page 28.
- big idem, page 78.
- capacious idem, page 111.
- circuitous idem, page 132.
- commodious idem, page 148.
- distant idem, page 240.
- extensive idem, page 296.
- far idem, page 306.
- great idem, page 372.
- lank idem, page 476.
- large idem, page 476.
- lengthy idem, page 485.
- lingering idem, page 493.
- livelong idem, page 496.
- long idem, page 498.
- long-winded idem, page 498.
- palatial idem, page 589.
- prolix idem, page 653.
- prolong idem, page 653.
- remote idem, page 694.
- roundabout idem, page 723.
- spacious idem, page 797.
- tedious idem, page 859.
- verbose idem, page 948.
- voluminous idem, page 956.
- windy idem, page 981.
- wordy idem, page 988.
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
μακρός - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.

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