English

Proper noun

Marathon

1. A town in Attica, Greece, the site of the victory in 490 BC of heavily outnumbered Athenians against Persians.

Related terms

• marathon

Translations

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαραθών ‎(Marathṓn), from μάραθον ‎(márathon, “fennel”), referring to the prevalence of the plant in the area.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁatɔn/, [ˈmaʁatʰɔn]

Noun

Marathon m ‎(genitive Marathons, plural Marathons)

1. (sports or figuratively) marathon

Declension

Derived terms

• Marathonläufer
• Marathonläuferin

References

1. ↑ "Μα^ρα^θών". A Greek-English Lexicon. 1940. Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott. 12 September 2013, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=*maraqw/n.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαραθών ‎(Marathṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ra.tʰoːn/

Proper noun

Marathōn f ‎(genitive Marathōnis); third declension

1. Marathon (town in Greece)

Declension

Third declension, with locative.

References

• Marathon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Noun

marathon ‎(plural marathons)

1. A 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.
2. (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.

   He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.

Translations

Derived terms

• marathoner
• half marathon
• ultramarathon

Verb

marathon ‎(third-person singular simple present marathons, present participle marathoning, simple past and past participle marathoned)

1. To run a marathon.
   • 2015 August 1, “‘I was cross that my child had to beg the prime minister for a drug’”, in The Guardian:

     In less than two years, they and their family and friends have skydived, marathoned, tray-baked and dinner-danced their way to £130,000 for Duchenne research through their help4harry campaign.

2. (informal, transitive) To watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting.

   We're going to marathon Star Trek next weekend.

References

1. ↑ "Μα^ρα^θών". A Greek-English Lexicon. 1940. Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott. 12 September 2013, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=*maraqw/n.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

marathon m ‎(plural marathons, diminutive marathonnetje n)

1. marathon

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαραθών ‎(Marathṓn)

Noun

marathon m ‎(plural marathons)

1. marathon

Derived terms

• marathonien