English

Proper noun

Marcellus

1. A male given name.
2. A village in Michigan
3. A town and village in New York

Usage notes

Mainly historical usage in English, pertaining to Rome and early Christian saints.

Related terms

• Marcus, Mark, Martin
• female given names: Marcella, Marcelle

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of Marculus, which is a diminutive of Marcus.

Proper noun

Marcellus m ‎(genitive Marcellī); second declension

1. A name of a plebeian Roman gens.

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• Marcella

References

• Marcellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Marcellus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.