maricus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ri.kus/, [ˈmärɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ri.kus/, [ˈmäːrikus]

Noun

maricus m (genitive maricī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) mayor of a rural community in north-eastern Italy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	maricus	maricī
genitive	maricī	maricōrum
dative	maricō	maricīs
accusative	maricum	maricōs
ablative	maricō	maricīs
vocative	marice	maricī

Descendants

• Venetan: marigo
  • Italian: Marigo

Further reading

• MARICUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)