different between marcus vs markus

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• markus

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *(a)m?ric?sus, from Latin am?rus. Compare Spanish and Portuguese amargoso, Sardinian marigosu.

Adjective

marcus

1. bitter

Related terms

• amur
• muarka

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mar.kus/, [?märk?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mar.kus/, [?m?rkus]

Etymology 1

Late back-formation from marculus, which was interpreted as having the diminutive suffix -ulus.

Noun

marcus m (genitive marc?); second declension

1. (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 marc?); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Frankish *marku.

Noun

marcus m (genitive marc?); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of marca (“boundary, limit”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

Esperanto

Verb

markus

1. conditional of marki

Gothic

Romanization

markus

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