Mavors

English

Etymology

From Old Latin Māvors.

Proper noun

Mavors

  1. (Roman mythology) Mars, the god of war.

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *Māwortis,[1] or from Proto-Italic *Māmart-.[2] Cognate with Oscan 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌔 (mamers). See also the Lapis Satricanus, where 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌄𐌆 (Mamartei) is attested.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Māvors m sg (genitive Māvortis); third declension

    1. (Old Latin) Mars
      • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 1.32–33:
        [...] quoniam belli fera moenera Mauors
        armipotens regit [...]
        since armipotent Mars rules over the savage works of war

    Declension

    Third-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Māvors
    genitive Māvortis
    dative Māvortī
    accusative Māvortem
    ablative Māvorte
    vocative Māvors

    Descendants

    • Latin: Mars

    References

    1. ^ Walde, Alois & Hofmann, Johann Baptist. 1954. Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd vol. (M-Z), 3rd edition, pp. 43-45.
    2. ^ de Vaan, Michiel. 2008. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, p. 366. If Māvors indeed comes from *Māmart-, the apparent change */-m-/ to */-w-/ is a unique and isolated change.
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