Macrones

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μάκρωνες (Mákrōnes). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maˈkroː.neːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maˈkrɔː.nes] === Proper noun === Macrōnēs m pl (genitive Macrōnum); third declension A powerful tribe of Pontus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. === References === “Macrones”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly