Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μᾰκροθῡμίη ‎(makrothūmíē) Ionic

Noun

μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ • ‎(makrothūmíā) f ‎(genitive μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. long-suffering, patience
   • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander 549
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 5.4.10
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Colossians 1.11
   • 75 CE, Josephus, The Jewish War 6.1.5
   • 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, De Causis et Signis Diuturnorum Morborum 1.1
2. forbearance
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Proverbs 25.15
   • 700 BCE – 600 BCE, Aristeas, Collected Works 188
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Ephesians 4.2

Declension

Descendants

• Greek: μακροθυμία ‎(makrothymía)
• Old Church Slavonic: длъготрьпѣниѥ ‎(dlŭgotrĭpěnije) (calque)

References

• μακροθῡμία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «μακροθυμία» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “G3115”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek μᾰκροθῡμῐ́ᾱ ‎(makrothūmíā).

Noun

μακροθυμία • ‎(makrothymía) f ‎(uncountable)

1. forbearance

Declension