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Marcellus

Marcellus · m

a Roman family name in the plebeian

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 20s 1 · 60.24/10k
Ab urbe condita, fragments 1 · 47.62/10k
Pro M. Marcello 9 · 32.53/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 25 45 · 31.05/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 49 · 28.2/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 25 · 23.98/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 35 · 23.81/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 24 25 · 17.67/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 26 24 · 14.19/10k
Hannibal 2 · 9.78/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 6 · 8.87/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 10 · 8.66/10k

Densest 12 of 96 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Marcellus — Lewis & Short

Marcellus, i, m.dim. of Marcus,

I a Roman family name in the plebeian gens Claudia: inter Marcellos et Claudios patricios, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 176: generosior Marcellis, Juv. 2, 145.—

B Esp., M. Claudius Marcellus, the taker of Syracuse, Liv. 25, 23 fin.; Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; 1, 14, 21; Verg. A. 6, 855; Hor. C. 1, 12, 46.— Another M. Claudius Marcellus, the nephew of Octavian and adopted by him, Vell. 2, 93; Tac. A. 1, 3; Prop. 3, 18 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 861 sq.); Hor. C. 1, 12, 46; Sen. ad Marc. 2, 3. —

II Derivv.

A Marcellīa (ēa), ōrum, n., a festival in honor of the Marcelli in Syracuse, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; 2, 2, 63, § 154.—

B Marcellĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcellus, Marcellian: theatrum, named after M. Claudius Marcellus, the nephew of Augustus, Suet. Vesp. 19; id. Aug. 29.

In the wild

Marcellus Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 4.4.3
Marcellum Seneca, De Consolatione ad Helviam 11.9.4
Marcellus Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.43.11.7
Marcellus Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 p16
Marcellus Cicero, De Republica 1.1
Marcelle Claudian, In Eutropium 1.456

6 of 846 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Marcellus (scan p. 112; entry #1566).

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