Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈmɑːkəs/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈmɑɹkəs/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Proper noun
A male given name from Latin.
- Examples
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More examples (1)
Aristarchus my fellow prisoner saluteth you, and Marcus sisters sonne to Barnabas, (touching whome yee receiued commandements; if he come vnto you, receiue him:) […]
The two Marci, Livius Denter, and Æmilius, ſucceeding to the conſulſhip, war broke out again with the Æquans; […]
But, as the historian said, there were many Marci in one Cæsar, so there are many Cains and Judases in the best of us all.
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At epig. 73.5 the question ‘quis Marcus?’ is much more sensible, because there could have been many Marci to choose amongst.
But 'Marcus?' – a strangely Latinate name for someone born in Sighthill. ('Aspirational mother, boss,' he said. 'Better than Titus.Or Sextus.')
Rubin wondered who Marcus was. It was a City name, but there were many Marcuses.