Marcellus

Marcellus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Marcellus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛləs

Proper noun

Marcellus

1. A male given name.
2. A village in Michigan
3. A town and village in New York

Usage notes

Mainly historical usage in English, pertaining to Rome and early Christian saints.

Related terms

• Marcel, Marcus, Mark, Martin
• female given names: Marcella, Marcelle

Translations

male given name

Basque: Martzelo m Breton: Marc'hell m Catalan: Marcel m Franco-Provençal: Mar'i French: Marcel (fr) Galician: Marcelo (gl) m Irish: Marcellus m

Italian: Marcello (it) Occitan: Marcèl m, Marcèu m, Marçau m Polish: Marcel (pl) m Portuguese: Marcelo (pt) m Sicilian: Marcellu m Spanish: Marcelo (es) Vietnamese: Marcellô

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of Mārculus, which is a diminutive of Marcus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maːrˈkel.lus/, [maːrˈkɛl.lʊs]

Proper noun

Mārcellus m (genitive Mārcellī); second declension

1. A name of a plebeian Roman gens.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Mārcellus	Mārcellī
Genitive	Mārcellī	Mārcellōrum
Dative	Mārcellō	Mārcellīs
Accusative	Mārcellum	Mārcellōs
Ablative	Mārcellō	Mārcellīs
Vocative	Mārcelle	Mārcellī

Related terms

• Mārcella

References

• Marcellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Marcellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette