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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Marcellus. Doublet of Marcel.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Marcellus
- A male given name from Latin.
- A village in Michigan
- A town and village in New York
Usage notes
Mainly historical usage in English, pertaining to Rome and early Christian saints.
Translations
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of Mārculus, which is a diminutive of Mārcus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mārcellus m (genitive Mārcellī, feminine Mārcella); second declension
- A name of a plebeian Roman gens.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “Marcellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Marcellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.