Marcipor

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mārpor (later, contracted form)

Etymology

Mārcī (genitive form of Mārcus) +‎ -por (forms names of male slaves) = “Marcus’s boy”, “Marcus’s slave”

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːr.ki.por/, [ˈmäːrkɪpɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.t͡ʃi.por/, [ˈmärt͡ʃipor]

Noun

Mārcipor m (genitive Mārcipōris); third declension

1. a male slave owned by Mārcus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Mārcipor	Mārcipōrēs
Genitive	Mārcipōris	Mārcipōrum
Dative	Mārcipōrī	Mārcipōribus
Accusative	Mārcipōrem	Mārcipōrēs
Ablative	Mārcipōre	Mārcipōribus
Vocative	Mārcipor	Mārcipōrēs

Proper noun

Mārcipor m sg (genitive Mārcipōris); third declension

1. The title of a Menippean satire of Varrō.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mārcipor
Genitive	Mārcipōris
Dative	Mārcipōrī
Accusative	Mārcipōrem
Ablative	Mārcipōre
Vocative	Mārcipor

References

• “Marcĭpor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Marcĭpŏr in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 949/3.