Mamercus

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Alternative forms

• Mām. (abbreviation)
• Māmarcos (Old Latin)

Etymology

Possibly from the name of the god Mamers (the Oscan name for Latin Mārs; compare Māmars). If so, doublet of Mārcus. Believed to have been brought to Rome during the reign of Numa Pompilius. See the doubtless related Māmurra for details.

Proper noun

Māmercus m (genitive Māmercī, feminine Māmerca); second declension

1. A masculine praenomen, used most notably by the gens Aemilia.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Māmercus	Māmercī
genitive	Māmercī	Māmercōrum
dative	Māmercō	Māmercīs
accusative	Māmercum	Māmercōs
ablative	Māmercō	Māmercīs
vocative	Māmerce	Māmercī

Further reading

• “Mamercus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Mamercus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.