Marcion

From Late Latin Mārciōn, from Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, “Marky, little Mark, son of Mark”), from Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos) + -ίων (-íōn, “-son: forming patronymics”), from Latin Mārcus, from Mārs + -cus (“forming adjectives”), from Old Latin Māvors (“Mars, god of war”) and Proto-Indo-European *-kos (“forming desubstantival adjectives”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑrʃiən/, /ˈmɑrʃən/, /ˈmɑrsiən/, enPR: märʹshē.ən, märʹshən, märʹsē.ən
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːʃiən/, /ˈmɑːʃən/, /ˈmɑːsiən/, enPR: mäʹshē.ən, mäʹshən, mäʹsē.ən

Marcion

1. A diminutive of the male given name Marcus, from Koine Greek, particularly
   1. (historical) Marcion of Sinope, 2nd-century preacher and theologian credited with compiling a gospel and the first Christian Biblical canon, founder of Marcionism, a sect that rejected the scriptural authority of the Hebrew Tanakh (Old Testament) and the disciples and apostles other than Paul as serving the Demiurge.

• “Marcionism, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• Minorca, Romanic, maricon, moracin

From Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, “Marky, little Mark, son of Mark”), from Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos) + -ίων (-íōn, “-son: forming patronymics”), from Latin Mārcus, from Mārs + -cus (“forming adjectives”), from Old Latin Māvors (“Mars, god of war”) and Proto-Indo-European *-kos (“forming desubstantival adjectives”).

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

Mārciōn m sg (genitive Mārciōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) Marcion, a diminutive of the male given name Mārcus, from Koine Greek, particularly (historical) Marcion of Sinope.

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• 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: Marziuni, Marciuni
• → Slovene: Markion
• Spanish: Marción
• → Swedish: Markion

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