Mamurra

== Latin == === Etymology === Ultimately from the same source as Oscan 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌕- (mamert-), Latin Mārs and Mārcus. Perhaps as a less Latinized form of Māmur(r)ius, a Latinization (via suffix replacement) of Etruscan 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌖𐌓k𐌄𐌔 (mamurkes), an alternative form of 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓𐌂𐌄𐌔, 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌄𐌔 (mamarces, mamerces); the latter borrowed unadapted as Māmercus. The /rj > rr/ is characteristic of Oscan; the varying treatment of /ar/ rather of Etruscan. The Etruscan name itself was a borrowing (likely from Oscan), possibly formed as *Māmart-ikos. For the suffix interchange, compare spurcus and spurius, also potential borrowings from Etruscan. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maːˈmʊr.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maˈmur.ra] === Proper noun === Māmurra m sg (genitive Māmurrae); first declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Mamurra, a Roman commander born in Formiae ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Māmurrānus === References === === Further reading === “Mamurra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Mamurra”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray