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): /maːˈmur.ra/, [mäːˈmʊrːä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈmur.ra/, [mäˈmurːä]

Proper noun

Māmurra m sg (genitive Māmurrae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Mamurra, a Roman commander born in Formiae

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Māmurra
genitive	Māmurrae
dative	Māmurrae
accusative	Māmurram
ablative	Māmurrā
vocative	Māmurra

Derived terms

• Māmurrānus

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