mariscalcus
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Johannes de Lattre de Tassigny, mariscalcus Franciae.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *marhaskalk (“groom”), from *marh (“horse”) + *skalk (“attendant”). Compare siniscalcus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ma.risˈkal.kus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.risˈkal.kus/,
Noun
mariscalcus m (genitive mariscalcī); second declension (Medieval Latin)
- groom (attendant who looks after a horse)
- marshal (supreme military commander)
- A high-ranking officer of a royal court.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mariscalcus | mariscalcī |
| Genitive | mariscalcī | mariscalcōrum |
| Dative | mariscalcō | mariscalcīs |
| Accusative | mariscalcum | mariscalcōs |
| Ablative | mariscalcō | mariscalcīs |
| Vocative | mariscalce | mariscalcī |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old French: mareschal, marchal, marescal, marescald, marescalc, marschal (see there for further descendants)
- Franco-Provençal: marechâl
- Italian: maniscalco (possibly mediated through early Gallo-Romance)
References
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*marhskalk”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 517
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “mariscalcus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 656