marcus

See also: Marcus

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adjective

marcus

  1. bitter

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

marcus m (genitive marcī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) large hammer, sledgehammer
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative marcus marcī
genitive marcī marcōrum
dative marcō marcīs
accusative marcum marcōs
ablative marcō marcīs
vocative marce marcī
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • marcellus (“small hammer”)

References

  • “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

Borrowed from Frankish *mark.

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  2. (Medieval Latin) mark (unit of currency, measurement)
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative marcus marcī
genitive marcī marcōrum
dative marcō marcīs
accusative marcum marcōs
ablative marcō marcīs
vocative marce marcī
Descendants
  • Old French: marc
    • Middle French: marc
  • Iberian:
  • East Iberian:

References

  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

Borrowed from Frankish *marku.

Noun

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

  1. (Medieval Latin) alternative form of marca (“boundary, limit”)
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative marcus marcī
genitive marcī marcōrum
dative marcō marcīs
accusative marcum marcōs
ablative marcō marcīs
vocative marce marcī
Descendants

References

  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)

Etymology 4

Likely from Gaulish.

Noun

marcus m (genitive marcī); second declension

  1. (dialectal, Gaul) type of vine known for its fruitfulness
    • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, On Agriculture 3.25:
      Earum altera, quam Galliarum incolae marcum vocant, mediocris vini
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative marcus marcī
genitive marcī marcōrum
dative marcō marcīs
accusative marcum marcōs
ablative marcō marcīs
vocative marce marcī
Descendants

References

  • Adams, J. N. (2007) The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600‎[1] (quotation in English; overall work in English), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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