*מַקְרִין I pr. n. m. Macrin, (supposed to mean) Macrianus, one of the thirty tyrants, who after the capture by the Persians of Valerian, was declared Roman emperor together with his sons Macrianus and Quietus. Gen. R. s. 76 (ref. to ‘three of the older horns’, Dan. VII, 8) זו שנתנו להם מלכותם מ׳ וקרוס וקרדידוסי (some ed. מקדין) those (Romans) who gave them (the princes of Palmyra,) their royal titles (v. נֵצַר IV); M. &c.; Yalk. Dan. 1064 מוקירוס וקירוס וקירקוס (omitting זו … מלכותם) (some ed. וקרירוס; Fürst Gloss. Graeco-Hebr. p. 145 quotes: וקירידיס). [The other two names, obviously corrupted, refer perhaps to the two sons of Macrianus. V. Fürst l. c. for other conjectures.]
מַקְרִין I
Gloss
* מַקְרִין I pr. n. m. Macrin , (supposed to mean) Macrianus , one of the thirty tyrants, who after the capture by the Persians of Valerian, was…
References
- Bereishit Rabbah 76:6
- Daniel 7:8
- Jastrow, מקדין 1