Mamurra
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from the same source as Oscan 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌕- (mamert-), Latin Mārs and Mārcus. Perhaps as a less Latinized form of Māmur(r)ius, a Latinization (via suffix replacement) of Etruscan 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌖𐌓k𐌄𐌔 (mamurkes), an alternative form of 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓𐌂𐌄𐌔, 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌄𐌔 (mamarces, mamerces); the latter borrowed unadapted as Māmercus. The /rj > rr/ is characteristic of Oscan; the varying treatment of /ar/ rather of Etruscan. The Etruscan name itself was a borrowing (likely from Oscan[1][2]), possibly formed as *Māmart-ikos. For the suffix interchange, compare spurcus and spurius, also potential borrowings from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
[edit](Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maːˈmur.ra/, [mäːˈmʊrːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈmur.ra/, [mäˈmurːä]
Proper noun
[edit]Māmurra m sg (genitive Māmurrae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Māmurra |
genitive | Māmurrae |
dative | Māmurrae |
accusative | Māmurram |
ablative | Māmurrā |
vocative | Māmurra |