Mamercus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Mām. (abbreviation) Māmarcos (Old Latin) === Etymology === Possibly from the name of the god Mamers (the Oscan name for Latin Mārs; compare Māmars). If so, doublet of Mārcus. Believed to have been brought to Rome during the reign of Numa Pompilius. See the doubtless related Māmurra for details. === Proper noun === Māmercus m (genitive Māmercī, feminine Māmerca); second declension a masculine praenomen, used most notably by the gens Aemilia. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === Further reading === “Mamercus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Mamercus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.