marum

See also: mārum

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μᾶρον (mâron), from Aramaic מַרְוָא / ܡܲܪܘܵܐ (marwā, “Origanum syriacum syn. Origanum maru”), an important ritual herb (☞ explained by Löw), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mlc' /⁠marw⁠/), related to Sanskrit मरुव (maruva, “marjoram”). Also found in Arabic مَرْو (marw, “fragrant herbs; pebbles; quartz”), مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš, “marjoram”).

Alternative forms

• maron

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈma.rũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmaː.rum]

Noun

marum n (genitive marī); second declension

1. cat thyme Teucrium marum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	marum	mara
genitive	marī	marōrum
dative	marō	marīs
accusative	marum	mara
ablative	marō	marīs
vocative	marum	mara

Descendants

• → Italian: maro
• → Portuguese: maro
• → Spanish: maro
• → Translingual: Marum, Teucrium marum

Etymology 2

Noun

marum

1. genitive plural of mās

Adjective

marum

1. genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of mās

Etymology 3

Noun

marum

1. genitive plural of mare

References

• “marum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “marum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Löw, Immanuel (1924), Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 96 seqq.

Old English

Adjective

mārum

1. dative/instrumental plural of mār