Dictionary

Marcus en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɑːkəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɑɹkəs/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowing of Latin Marcus. Doublet of Mark.

Meanings

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • Aristarchus my fellow prisoner saluteth you, and Marcus sisters sonne to Barnabas, (touching whome yee receiued commandements; if he come vnto you, receiue him:) […] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 4:10:
   • At epig. 73.5 the question ‘quis Marcus?’ is much more sensible, because there could have been many Marci to choose amongst. 2001, Nigel M. Kay, editor, Ausonius: Epigrams, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 290:
   • The two Marci, Livius Denter, and Æmilius, ſucceeding to the conſulſhip, war broke out again with the Æquans; […] 1814, Titus Livius, translated by George Baker, The History of Rome, 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] T[homas] Cadell and W[illiam] Davies, […], page 323:
   • But 'Marcus?' – a strangely Latinate name for someone born in Sighthill. ('Aspirational mother, boss,' he said. 'Better than Titus.Or Sextus.') 2008, Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 73:
   • Rubin wondered who Marcus was. It was a City name, but there were many Marcuses. 2016, Stella Gemmell, The Immortal Throne (The City; 2), Bantam Press, →ISBN:
   • But, as the historian said, there were many Marci in one Cæsar, so there are many Cains and Judases in the best of us all. 1863, Samuel Trickett, edited by John Edward Blakeney, Sermons Doctrinal and Practical, London: […] G. Norman, […], page 224:

Forms

Deriveds

Marcus Island · Marcusian