Mamercus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Māmercus, i, m. [Mamers for Mars],

I an Oscan praenomen : Mamercus praenomen Oscum est, ab eo, quod hi Martem Mamertem appellant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 130 Müll.—

II A Roman surname in the Aemilian gens, who claimed Numa as their ancestor : ridere Mamercorum alapas, Juv. 8, 192.—Esp.: M. Aemilius Mamercus, Cic. Brut. 47, 175.