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Makedon, also Macedon () or Makednos (), was the eponymous mythological ancestor of the ancient Macedonians according to various ancient Greek fragmentary narratives. In most versions, he appears as a native or immigrant leader from Epirus, who gave his name to Macedon, previously called Emathia or Thrace. ==Etymology== Both proper nouns ''Makedon'' (with a long medial vowel) and ''Makednos'' are morphologically derived from the Ancient Greek adjective ''makednos'' meaning "tall, slim", and are related to the term ''Macedonia''. The adjective was traditionally derived from the Indo-European root '' *mak-'', meaning 'long' or 'slender'. The tribal name of the Macedonians is commonly explained as having originally meant 'the tall ones' or 'highlanders' in Greek.〔 "''Macedonia'' from L. Macedonius 'Macedonian,' from Gk. ''Makedones'', lit. 'highlanders' or 'the tall ones,' related to ''makednos'' 'long, tall,' makros 'long, large' (see ''macro-'')."〕 It is traditionally derived from the Indo-European root *mak-, *meh2k,〔(Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch )〕〔(Köbler, Gerhard, Indogermanisches Wörterbuch )〕 meaning 'long' or 'slender', cognate with poetic Greek ''makednos'' or ''mêkedanos''〔LSJ -(makednos )〕 "long, tall," Doric ''makos'', Attic ''mêkos'' length,〔LSJ-(mêkos )- synonyms of ''makros''- See also Beekes ()〕 Makistos mythological eponymous of a town in Elis and epithet of Heracles, Avestan masah 'length', Latin macer 'meagre' Hittite mak-l-ant 'thin'. Vittore Pisani constructed a Macedonian word ''kedôn'', out of the Greek chthon, 'earth' and proposed also a meaning of high land. However, modern research by Robert S. P. Beekes claims that the morphological analysis ''make''- (root) + -''dnos'' (suffix) is impossible in an Indo-European word and that it is more likely that the word has a Pre-Greek origin.〔Robert S. P. Beekes, ''(Greek etymological dictionary )''.〕 According to him, both terms are of Pre-Greek substrate origin and cannot be explained in terms of Indo-European morphology. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Makedon (mythology)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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