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English
Etymology
From Old Latin Māvors.
Proper noun
Mavors
- (Roman mythology) Mars, the god of war.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *Māwortis, or from Proto-Italic *Māmart-. Cognate with Oscan 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌔 (mamers). See also the Lapis Satricanus, where 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌄𐌆 (Mamartei) is attested.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Māvors m sg (genitive Māvortis); third declension
- (Old Latin) Mars
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
References
- ^ Walde, Alois & Hofmann, Johann Baptist. 1954. Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd vol. (M-Z), 3rd edition, pp. 43-45.
- ^ de Vaan, Michiel. 2008. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, p. 366. If Māvors indeed comes from *Māmart-, the apparent change */-m-/ to */-w-/ is a unique and isolated change.