Mamercus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Mām. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Possibly from the name of the god Mamers (the Oscan name for Latin Mārs). 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.
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