marcus

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.

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

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

marca, marcha, marha, marka, markha

Noun

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

(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 Galician-Portuguese: marco
  - Portuguese: marco
  - Galician: marco
- Spanish: marco
East Iberian:
- Old Occitan: marc
  - Catalan: marc
  - Occitan: marc

References

^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “marca”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 653
^ 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]

(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 Galician-Portuguese: marco
  - Portuguese: marco
  - Galician: marco
- Spanish: marco
East Iberian:
- Old Occitan: marc
  - Catalan: marc
  - Occitan: marc

References

^ 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)

[1] Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “marca”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 653

[2] rcus 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)

[3] rcus 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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