marcor

English

Noun

marcor (uncountable)

1. (medicine, obsolete) A wasting or withering disease; marasmus.

Anagrams

• carrom

Latin

Etymology

From marceō (“to wither”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.kor/, [ˈmärkɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.kor/, [ˈmärkor]

Noun

marcor m (genitive marcōris); third declension

1. a withering
2. decay, rottenness
3. faintness, feebleness, apathy

   Synonym: languor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	marcor	marcōrēs
genitive	marcōris	marcōrum
dative	marcōrī	marcōribus
accusative	marcōrem	marcōrēs
ablative	marcōre	marcōribus
vocative	marcor	marcōrēs

Related terms

• marcēscō
• marcidus
• marcēns
• marcidulus
• marculentus

Descendants

• → English: marcor

References

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