μάκαρς

μάκαρ [v. infr.], ᾰρος, ὁ, also [full] μάκαρς Alcm.10, 11; μάκαρ as fem., E.Hel. 375, Ba. 565, Ar.Av. 1722, Eub.104 (all lyr.), Orac. ap. D.S.8 Fr. 29, AP12.52 (Mel.), but usu. fem.

A

μάκαιρα h.Ap.14

, Alcm.37, Sapph. 1.13, Pi.P.5.11, E.Alc. 1003 (lyr.), etc.; [dialect] Boeot.

μάκηρα Corinn.Supp. 1.15

: with neut. Nouns in oblique cases,

μακάρων ἐξ ἐτέων AP9.424

([place name] Duris);

μακάρων τεκέων Nonn.D.21.263

. [ μᾰκᾱρ Archil.Supp.3.5, Sol.14, Diph.126.6 (mock-Epic), elsewh. μᾰκᾰρ Il.3.182, etc.]:— blessed, happy, prop. epith. of the gods, as opp. mortal men,

πρός τε θεῶν μ. πρός τε θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων Il.1.339

: abs., μάκαρες the blessed ones,

μακάρων μέγαν ὅρκον ὀμόσσαι Od.10.299

, cf. Hes.Op. 136, Sol.13.3, Pi.O.1.52, A.Supp. 1019 (lyr.);

μ. χθόνιοι Id.Ch. 476

(lyr.);

οὐράνιοι μ. E.HF 758

(lyr.); μ. ὀλίζονες lesser gods, Call.Jov.72.—In this sense always in pl., exc. in addressing single gods, as h.Hom.8.16, Sapph.l.c., Corinn.l.c., S.Ph. 400 (lyr.), etc.: freq. in Inscrr.,

μ. Παιάν IG14.1015

; μάκαιρα, of Persephone, ib.12(5).229 ([place name] Paros).

II of men, blest, fortunate,

ὦ μάκαρ Ἀτρεΐδη Il.3.182

, cf. 24.377, Thgn.1013, Pi.P.4.59, etc.; μάκαιρα Θήβα, ἑστία, etc., Id.I.7(6).1, P.5.11, etc.; esp. wealthy,

ἀνδρὸς μάκαρος κατ' ἄρουραν Il.11.68

, cf. Od.1.217.

III esp. μάκαρες, οἱ, the blessed dead,

μ. θνητοῖς καλέονται Hes.Op. 141

; μακάρων νῆσοι the Islands of the Blest, ib. 171; of an oasis in the African desert, Hdt.3.26: sg.,

μ. νᾶσος Pi.O.2.71

;

ἀπιὼν εἰς μακάρων δή τινας εὐδαιμονίας Pl.Phd. 115d

, cf. Grg. 523b, R. 519c, al.—This sense does not occur in Hom., and is the only usage found in Prose, μακάριος being the common form.

IV [comp] Sup.

μακάρτατος Od.6.158

, 11.483, S.Fr. 410; μακάρων μακάρτατε, of Zeus, A.Supp. 524 (lyr.).

μαρίω, [dialect] Dor. [full] μαιριάω,

A to be feverish, Hsch. [full] μαρκάς· μακάριος, εὔμοιρος, Id. (fort. μάκαρς).

Grammatical information: m. (Il.), also f. (E., Ar.) beside μάκαιρα (h. Ap. 14; Zumbach Neuerungen 8), also n. (in obl. cas.; AP, Nonn.),

Meaning: adjunct of gods and men, `happy, holy'.

Other forms: also μάκᾱρ (Archil. Supp. 3, 5, Sol. 14, Diph. 126, 6), μάκαρς (Alcm. 10, 11)

Derivatives: Sup. μακάρτατος (Od., A., S.); μακάριος `blessed, happy' (Pi.); often in address (Pl., Ar.; cf. δαιμόνιε [s. δαίμων]), with μακαριότης `blessedness' (Pl. Lg., Arist.); μακαρία f. `id.' (Ar., Pl. Hp. Ma. 293a); μακαρίτης, Dor. -τᾱς, f. - τις "member of the company of the blessed", `the blessed' (A., Ar., Men., Theoc. ; Redard 30, Bloch Mus. Helv. 12, 59). Denomin. verb μακαρίζω `praise (as blessed)' (Od.) with μακαριστός (IA.), also proparoxyton μακάριστος (Seiler Steigerungsformen 104), μακαρισμός m. `blessing' (Pl. R., Arist.), μακαριστής m. (J.). -- Also μακαρτός `blessed' (AP 7, 740, 5; verse-end), as if from *μακαίρω. - Unclear μακαρίνη ἀνδράχνη H. (like βολβίνη ; Chantraine Form. 204).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: As adj. in - αρ (-ᾱρ) μάκαρ is quite isolated. The idea of Brugmann (IF 18, 434; agreeing Benveniste Origines 18, Schwyzer 519), that μάκαρ would orig. be a neutr. *'blessedness', from where incidental μάκᾱρ (and f. μάκαιρα), is formally understandable, but is not supported by the texts. - No etymology; Curtius, Fick-, Prellwitz (s. Bq) connect μακρός. To be rejected also Krappe Rev. de phil. 66, 245 f. (loan from Egyptian). - Rather a Pre-Greek word.

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