Marcion

See also: Marción

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Mārciōn (from Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, diminutive of Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos, from Mārcus (from Mārs ‎ -cus)))), from Old Latin Māvors and Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

Pronunciation

• enPR: märʹshən, märʹshōn, IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː(ɹ)ʃən/, /ˈmɑː(ɹ)siən/, /ˈmɑː(ɹ)ʃʌ̈ʊ̯n/, /ˈmɑː(ɹ)sjo̞ʊ̯n/

Proper noun

Marcion

1. A diminutive of the male given name Marcus, from Latin or Ancient Greek, variant of Marc or Mark, equivalent to Koine Greek Μᾱρκίων (Mārkíōn) or Latin Mārciōn
2. (Christianity, Gnosticism, philosophy, history) Marcion of Sinope, 2nd century AD theologian, philosopher, preacher and founder of Marcionism, a Hellenistic Christian religious belief system influenced by Gnostic theology; compiled the first Biblical canon, consisting solely of Greek New Testament scriptures, totally rejecting the scriptural authority of the Hebrew Tanakh adopted as the canonical Old Testament of the Christian Bible

Related terms

• Marcionism
• Marcionite

Anagrams

• Minorca, Romanic, maricon, moracin

Latin

Etymology

From Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, diminutive of Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos, from Mārcus (from Mārs ‎ -cus))), from Old Latin Māvors and Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːr.ki.oːn/, [ˈmäːrkioːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.t͡ʃi.on/, [ˈmärt͡ʃion]

Proper noun

Mārciōn m sg (genitive Mārciōnis); third declension

1. a diminutive of the male given name Mārcus, from Ancient Greek or Old Latin, equivalent to Koine Greek Μᾱρκίων (Mārkíōn) or English Marcion
2. (Christianity, Gnosticism, philosophy) Marcion of Sinope: see Marcion

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mārciōn
genitive	Mārciōnis
dative	Mārciōnī
accusative	Mārciōnem
ablative	Mārciōne
vocative	Mārciōn

Descendants

• Catalan: Marció
• → Czech: Markión
• → Danish: Markion
• → English: Marcion
• → Estonian: Markion
• → Esperanto: Marciono
• → Finnish: Markion
• French: Marcion
• → German: Markion
• → Hungarian: Markión
• Italian: Marcione
• → Dutch: Marcion
• Occitan: Marcion
• → Norwegian: Markion
• → Polish: Marcjon
• Portuguese: Marcião
• Romanian: Marcion
• Sicilian: Marcioni
• → Slovene: Markion
• Spanish: Marción
• → Swedish: Markion

Further reading

• “Marcion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “Marcion”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette, page 949.
• Marcion in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 811