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Mavors
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English
Etymology
From en itc-ola Māvors.
Proper noun
en Roman god Mars, the god of war.
Latin
Etymology
la :inh itc-pro:*Māwortis<id:Mars><unc:1> itc-pro:*Māmart-<id:Mars><unc:1> Mars
From la itc-pro *Māwortis,Walde, Alois & Hofmann, Johann Baptist. 1954. Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd vol. (M-Z), 3rd edition, pp. 43-45. or from la itc-pro *Māmart-. If Māvors indeed comes from *Māmart-, the apparent change */-m-/ to */-w-/ is a unique and isolated change 366 Cognate with osc 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌔. Compare la Māmarcos, la Māmercus. See also the Lapis Satricanus, where itc-ola 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌄𐌆 (la Māmars Māmartei) is attested.
Pronunciation
Māvors
Proper noun
Māvors<3> m
la Old Latin lemma Religion Mars
la Lucretius De rerum natura 1 32 33 quoniam belli fera moenera Mauors armipotens regit given that weaponmighty Mars governs the savage works of war
Declension
Māvors<3.sg>
Descendants
la Mārs
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