Meaning of Marcus | Babel Free

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A male given name from Latin.

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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