Maro

See also: maro, maró, marò, and 'måro

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the Etruscan title 𐌌𐌀𐌓𐌖 (maru),[1] though probably influenced by mare (“sea”).[2]

Proper noun

Marō m sg (genitive Marōnis); third declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Virgil
Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Marō
Genitive Marōnis
Dative Marōnī
Accusative Marōnem
Ablative Marōne
Vocative Marō
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Marō m sg (genitive Marōnis); third declension

  1. A mountain in Sicily situated near the river Himera
Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Marō
Genitive Marōnis
Dative Marōnī
Accusative Marōnem
Ablative Marōne
Vocative Marō

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek Μάρων (Márōn).

Proper noun

Marō m sg (genitive Marōnis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) The instructor and companion of Bacchus
Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Marō
Genitive Marōnis
Dative Marōnī
Accusative Marōnem
Ablative Marōne
Vocative Marō

References
  • “Maro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Maro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. Watmough, M. M. T. (1997). Studies in the Etruscan loanwords in Latin. Florence: L.S. Olschki, p. 66
  2. Vergilius. (2005). United States: Vergilian Society, p. 39

Slovak

Proper noun

Maro m anim

  1. a male surname

Further reading
  • “Maro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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