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

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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]

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

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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

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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)
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