marcor

English

Noun

marcor (uncountable)

(medicine, obsolete) A wasting or withering disease; marasmus.

Anagrams

carrom

Latin

Etymology

From marceō (“to wither”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.kor/, [ˈmärkɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.kor/, [ˈmärkor]

Noun

marcor m (genitive marcōris); third declension

a withering
decay, rottenness
faintness, feebleness, apathy
Synonym: languor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	marcor	marcōrēs
Genitive	marcōris	marcōrum
Dative	marcōrī	marcōribus
Accusative	marcōrem	marcōrēs
Ablative	marcōre	marcōribus
Vocative	marcor	marcōrēs

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: marcor

References

“marcor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
marcor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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