marcus
See also: Marcus
DalmatianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *(a)māricōsus, from Latin amārus. Compare Spanish and Portuguese amargoso, Sardinian marigosu.
AdjectiveEdit
marcus
Related termsEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Late back-formation from marculus, which was interpreted as having the diminutive suffix -ulus.
NounEdit
marcus m (genitive marcī); second declension
- (Late Latin) large hammer, sledgehammer
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | marcus | marcī |
| Genitive | marcī | marcōrum |
| Dative | marcō | marcīs |
| Accusative | marcum | marcōs |
| Ablative | marcō | marcīs |
| Vocative | marce | marcī |
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- marcellus (“small hammer”)
ReferencesEdit
- “marcus”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- marcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Etymology 2Edit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
marcus m (genitive marcī); second declension[1][2]
- (Medieval Latin) mark (unit of currency, measurement)
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | marcus | marcī |
| Genitive | marcī | marcōrum |
| Dative | marcō | marcīs |
| Accusative | marcum | marcōs |
| Ablative | marcō | marcīs |
| Vocative | marce | marcī |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “marca”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 653
- ^ marcus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Etymology 3Edit
Borrowed from Frankish *marku.
NounEdit
marcus m (genitive marcī); second declension[1]
- (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of marca (“boundary, limit”)
DeclensionEdit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | marcus | marcī |
| Genitive | marcī | marcōrum |
| Dative | marcō | marcīs |
| Accusative | marcum | marcōs |
| Ablative | marcō | marcīs |
| Vocative | marce | marcī |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ marcus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)