marchio

See also: marchiò

Italian

Noun

marchio m (plural marchi)

1. brand, trademark, mark, label
2. branding iron (A piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape, heated and used to brand livestock)

Synonyms

• firma

Derived terms

• marchio di fabbrica

Verb

marchio

1. first-person singular present indicative of marchiare

Anagrams

• morchia

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Latin

Alternative forms

• markiō

Etymology

From marcha, marca (“boundary-mark”) +‎ -iō, from Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.kʰi.oː/, [ˈmärkʰioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ki.o/, [ˈmärkio]

Noun

marchiō m (genitive marchiōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) frontier-guardsman
   • 1202, Innocent III, Venerabilem :

     Venerabilem fratrum nostrum Salzburgensem archiepiscopum, et dilectum filium abbatem de Salem et nobilem virum marchionem orientalem quorumdam principum nuntios ad sedem apostolicam destinatos benignae recepimus, et eis benevolam duximus audientiam indulgendam.

   • 1350, Charles IV, Vita Caroli IV Capitulum VIII:

     Et sic nobis remansit solus titulus marchio Moravie sine re.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	marchiō	marchiōnēs
Genitive	marchiōnis	marchiōnum
Dative	marchiōnī	marchiōnibus
Accusative	marchiōnem	marchiōnēs
Ablative	marchiōne	marchiōnibus
Vocative	marchiō	marchiōnēs

Derived terms

• commarchiō
• marchiōcomes, marchicomes, marchicomitissa
• marchiōnālis
• marchiōnātus
• marchiōnēnsis
• marchiōnissa, marciōnissa
• marchiōnita
• marchiōnium

References

• marchio 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)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “marchio”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill