μαρτιχόρας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μαντιχώρας (mantikhṓras), μαρτιοχώρας (martiokhṓras)

Etymology

From Iranian; compare Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-r-t-i-y /⁠martiya⁠/, “man, mortal”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”)) and Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (xᵛaraⁱti, “to consume, eat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mar.ti.kʰó.raːs/ → /mar.tiˈxo.ras/ → /mar.tiˈxo.ras/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mar.ti.kʰó.raːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mar.tiˈkʰo.ras/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mar.tiˈxo.ras/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mar.tiˈxo.ras/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mar.tiˈxo.ras/

Noun

μαρτῐχόρᾱς • (martikhórās) m (genitive μαρτῐχόρου); first declension

1. man-eater, probably the tiger

Inflection

First declension of ὁ μαρτῐχόρᾱς; τοῦ μαρτῐχόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μαρτῐχόρᾱς ho martikhórās	τὼ μαρτῐχόρᾱ tṑ martikhórā	οἱ μαρτῐχόραι hoi martikhórai
Genitive	τοῦ μαρτῐχόρου toû martikhórou	τοῖν μαρτῐχόραιν toîn martikhórain	τῶν μαρτῐχορῶν tôn martikhorôn
Dative	τῷ μαρτῐχόρᾳ tôi martikhórāi	τοῖν μαρτῐχόραιν toîn martikhórain	τοῖς μαρτῐχόραις toîs martikhórais
Accusative	τὸν μαρτῐχόρᾱν tòn martikhórān	τὼ μαρτῐχόρᾱ tṑ martikhórā	τοὺς μαρτῐχόρᾱς toùs martikhórās
Vocative	μαρτῐχόρᾱ martikhórā	μαρτῐχόρᾱ martikhórā	μαρτῐχόραι martikhórai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: manticore

Further reading

• “μαρτιχόρας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μαρτιχόρας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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