English Online Dictionary. What means marcus? What does marcus mean?
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
- markus
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *(a)māricōsus, from Latin amārus. Compare Spanish and Portuguese amargoso, Sardinian marigosu.
Adjective
marcus
- bitter
Related terms
- amur
- muarka
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmar.kus/, [ˈmärkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate 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
- (Late Latin) large hammer, sledgehammer
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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
- (Medieval Latin) mark (unit of currency, measurement)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
References
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Frankish *marku.
Noun
marcus m (genitive marcī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of marca (“boundary, limit”)
Declension
Second-declension noun.