Maro

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.roː/, [ˈmäroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ro/, [ˈmäːro]

From the Etruscan title 𐌌𐌀𐌓𐌖 (maru),^[1] though probably influenced by mare (“sea”).^[2]

Marō m sg (genitive Marōnis); third declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Virgil

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Marōnēus
• Marōniānus

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Marō m sg (genitive Marōnis); third declension

1. A mountain in Sicily situated near the river Himera

Third-declension noun, singular only.

From Ancient Greek Μάρων (Márōn).

Marō m sg (genitive Marōnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) The instructor and companion of Bacchus

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Maro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Maro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• Mārë (Pashki)
• Marë (Pronz)
• Mara (Shtive)

Borrowed from Indo-Aryan. Compare Sanskrit महाराजन् (mahārā́jan).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾo/

Maro (Zumu)^[1]

1. Mara

• Jakob Halfmann (2023) Nuristani Theonyms in Light of Historical Phonology, in Roots of Peristan, Rome, Italy, pages 321, 324

Maro m pers

1. a male surname

• “Maro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024