marum

See also: mārum

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μᾶρον (mâron), from Aramaic מַרְוָא / ܡܲܪܘܵܐ (marwā, “Origanum syriacum syn. Origanum maru”), an important ritual herb (☞ explained by Löw), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mlc' /⁠marw⁠/), related to Sanskrit मरुव (maruva, “marjoram”). Also found in Arabic مَرْو (marw, “fragrant herbs; pebbles; quartz”), مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš, “marjoram”).

Alternative forms

• maron

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.rum/, [ˈmärʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.rum/, [ˈmäːrum]

Noun

marum n (genitive marī); second declension

1. A kind of plant, cat thyme Teucrium marum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	marum	mara
Genitive	marī	marōrum
Dative	marō	marīs
Accusative	marum	mara
Ablative	marō	marīs
Vocative	marum	mara

Descendants

• Spanish: maro
• Portuguese: maro
• → Translingual: Marum, Teucrium marum

Etymology 2

Noun

marum

1. genitive plural of mās

Etymology 3

Noun

marum

1. genitive plural of mare

References

• “marum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• marum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 96 seqq.

Old English

Adjective

mārum

1. dative/instrumental plural of mār