marcus

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Dalmatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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marcus

  1. bitter
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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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marcus m (genitive marcī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) large hammer, sledgehammer
Declension
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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
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Derived terms
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References

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  • 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

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Borrowed from Frankish *mark.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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

  1. (Medieval Latin) mark (unit of currency, measurement)
Declension
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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
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  • Old French: marc
    • Middle French: marc
  • Iberian:
  • East Iberian:

References

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  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

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Borrowed from Frankish *marku.

Noun

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

  1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of marca (boundary, limit)
Declension
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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
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References

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  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)