Marinus

See also: marinus, Marin, Marino, Marine, marine, Μαρίνος, Μαρῖνος, Μαρρῖνος, and μαρῖνος

Danish

Proper noun

Marinus

1. a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Marina

Latin

Etymology

1. Nominalization of marīnus ("of or pertaining to the sea, marine"), a Latin adjective cognate with Latin mare ("sea").
2. Some versions of this name may derive from Aramaic מרא (marā /⁠mrʾ⁠/)("lord, master, ruler"), borrowed into Latin via Ancient Greek Μαρῖνος (Marînos), which could have been borrowed from either Latin or Aramaic, despite appearing Latin. Many individuals named Marinus appear throughout the ancient Roman world, but those whose names may have a Semitic origin may occur in regions with large Semitic-speaking populations such as Cyrenaica in Libya and in the city of Dura-Europos in Syria.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maˈriː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [maˈriː.nus]

Proper noun

Marīnus m sg (genitive Marīnī); second declension (Classical Latin, Early Medieval Latin)

• Generally

1. a male given name [ca. 2nd-8th century CE] known from the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine Periods [ca. 2nd-8th century CE]
2. a male given name known from inscriptions and papyri written during the Hellenistic and Roman Periods, particularly in Syria and Libya. [ca. 4th century BCE-4th century CE]

• Specifically

1. the name of an author of a biography of Proclus, the Neoplatonist philosopher
2. the name of a poet whose poetry appears in the Greek Anthology, an anthology of ancient Greek elegiac poetry by various authors.
3. the name of a man mentioned in the Roman poet Martial's Epigrams 10, 83, 2.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Marinus
genitive	Marinī
dative	Marinō
accusative	Marinum
ablative	Marinō
vocative	Marine

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Μαρῖνος (Marînos)
• → Greek: Μαρίνος (Marínos)
• → Danish: Marinus
• → English: Marino
• → Italian: Marino
• → Spanish: Marino
• → Icelandic: Marinó

References

• Marinus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• Μαρῖνος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• מרא in Jastrow, Marcus. (1903). A dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the midrashic literature : with an index of scriptural quotations. Luzac. From Sefaria. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
• Lüderitz, Gert, & Reynolds, Joyce Maire (1983). CJZC,69 in Corpus jüdischer Zeugnisse aus der Cyrenaika (CJZC), (in German), L. Reichert.
• Sigmund Herzberg-Fränkel, editor (1904), “I: Dioecesis Salisburgensis: Regiones Salisburgensis et Bavarica”, in Necrologia Germaniae (Monumenta Germaniae Historica) (in Latin), Tomvs II Dioecesis Salisbvrgensis, Berolini: Apvd Weidmannos, →ISBN, →OCLC, Liber confraternitatum vetustior (784-11th C.), Monumenta Necrologica Monasterii S. Petri Salisburgensis, page 8, column 10, line 21
• Vattioni, Francesco (1988). "I Semiti Nell'epigrafia Cirenaica." (In Italian). Studi Classici e Orientali, 37, pages 538-539. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24182955. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
• Welles, C. Bradford, Robert O. Fink, Perkins, Ann, & Gilliam, James Frank (1959). Introduction, C. Semitic Names, 10. Special Groups: From the root MRʾ: "lord." In The Excavations at Dura-Europos: final report V, pt. 1: The Parchments and Papyri. Originally published by Yale University Press, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons. Yale University Press, Page 64
• Wikidata Contributors, International (Digital) Dura-Europos Archive (IDEA) (2026). Inscription 881. Graffito from the Temple of Adonis, Dura-Europos, unknown collection. Wikidata. Retrieved 23:32, January 24, 2026 from Wikidata (Q134084153).
• Zusammengesetzte Handschrift: Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Petri (Liber Vitae, Verbrüderungsbuch von St. Peter). Traditionen von St. Peter (Traditionscodex M) [Composite manuscript: Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Petri (Liber Vitae, Book of Confraternity of St. Peter). Traditions of St. Peter (Tradition Codex M)]‎^[1] (in Latin), Archiv, Hs. A 1, Salzburg: Erzabtei St. Peter, Benediktinerstift, 784-13th C., page 6