marcus

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Dalmatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin *(a)māricōsus, from Latin amārus. Compare Spanish and Portuguese amargoso, Sardinian marigosu.

Adjective[edit]

marcus

  1. bitter

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Late back-formation from marculus, which was interpreted as having the diminutive suffix -ulus.

Noun[edit]

marcus m (genitive marcī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) large hammer, sledgehammer
Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative marcus marcī
Genitive marcī marcōrum
Dative marcō marcīs
Accusative marcum marcōs
Ablative marcō marcīs
Vocative marce marcī
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • marcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • marcus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Frankish *mark.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

marcus m (genitive marcī); second declension[1][2]

  1. (Medieval Latin) mark (unit of currency, measurement)
Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative marcus marcī
Genitive marcī marcōrum
Dative marcō marcīs
Accusative marcum marcōs
Ablative marcō marcīs
Vocative marce marcī
Descendants[edit]
  • Old French: marc
    • Middle French: marc
  • Iberian:
  • East Iberian:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “marca”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 653
  2. ^ 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 3[edit]

Borrowed from Frankish *marku.

Noun[edit]

marcus m (genitive marcī); second declension[1]

  1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of marca (boundary, limit)
Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative marcus marcī
Genitive marcī marcōrum
Dative marcō marcīs
Accusative marcum marcōs
Ablative marcō marcīs
Vocative marce marcī
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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)