marcus

marcus

See also: Marcus

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• markus

Etymology

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

Adjective

marcus

1. bitter

Related terms

• amur
• muarka

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.kus/, [ˈmärkʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.kus/, [ˈmärkus]

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.

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

Synonyms

• malleus
• tudes

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

• marca, marcha, marha, marka, markha

Noun

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

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

Declension

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

• Old French: marc
  • Middle French: marc
    • French: marc
• Iberian:
  • Aragonese: marco
  • Old Leonese: marcu
    • Asturian: marcu
    • Leonese: marcu
  • Old Portuguese: marco
    • Portuguese: marco
    • Galician: marco
  • Spanish: marco
• East Iberian:
  • Old Occitan: marc
    • Catalan: marc
    • Occitan: marc

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.

Case	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
    • French: marc
• Iberian:
  • Aragonese: marco
  • Old Leonese: marcu
    • Asturian: marcu
    • Leonese: marcu
  • Old Portuguese: marco
    • Portuguese: marco
    • Galician: marco
  • Spanish: marco
• East Iberian:
  • Old Occitan: marc
    • Catalan: marc
    • Occitan: marc

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)