marum

See also: mārum

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μᾶρον (mâron), from Aramaic מַרְוָא / ܡܲܪܘܵܐ (marwā, Origanum syriacum syn. Origanum maru), an important ritual herb (☞ explained by Löw), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mlc' /⁠marw⁠/), related to Sanskrit मरुव (maruva, marjoram). Also found in Arabic مَرْو (marw, fragrant herbs; pebbles; quartz), مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš, marjoram).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

marum n (genitive marī); second declension

  1. A kind of plant, cat thyme Teucrium marum
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative marum mara
Genitive marī marōrum
Dative marō marīs
Accusative marum mara
Ablative marō marīs
Vocative marum mara
Descendants
  • Spanish: maro
  • Portuguese: maro
  • → Translingual: Marum, Teucrium marum

Noun

marum

  1. genitive plural of mās

Noun

marum

  1. genitive plural of mare

References

  • marum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • marum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 96 seqq.

Old English

Adjective

mārum

  1. dative/instrumental plural of mār
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