LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · masculinethird declension

Māvors

Māvors m sg (genitive Māvortis)
Classical[ˈmaː.wɔrs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmaː.vors]

Meaning

  1. Old LatinMars
    […] quoniam belli fera moenera Mauors armipotens regit […][…] given that weaponmighty Mars governs the savage works of war […]c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 1.32–33

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeMāvors—
genitiveMāvortis—
dativeMāvortī—
accusativeMāvortem—
ablativeMāvorte—
vocativeMāvors—

Māvors, vortis, m. from mah, magh, to cut; Gr. μάχη, μάχαιρα, and vor, root of vortere; i. e. the turner of the battle, old and poetic name for Mars (q. v.), the god of war, etc.
I. Prop.: urbs Mavortis, i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 6, 872; 8, 630; 12, 179; Cic. N. D. 2, 26; 3, 24; Luc. 7, 569: Mavors pater, Val. Fl. 6, 178: genitor Mavors, Ov. F. 4, 828: Iliae Mavortisque puer, i. e. Romulus, Hor. C. 4, 8, 23.—
II. Transf., war, battle: civili Mavorte, Aus Idyll. 4, 65.— Hence, Māvortius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Mavors or Mars (poet.): moenia, i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276: tellus, i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462: conjux, i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208: proles, i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.: seges Mavortia belli, the armed men that sprang up where the dragon's teeth were sown, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—As subst.: Māvortius, i, m., Meleager, son of Mavors, Ov M. 8, 437; cf. Hyg. Fab. 471; but of Mars, Petr. poët. 124, v. 261; Inscr. Grut. 57, 1.—Transf., of or belonging to war, warlike, martial: Amazon, Val. Fl. 5, 90: tela, Stat. Ach. 1, 626: vulnera, Grat. Cyn. 344.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *Māwortis, or from Proto-Italic *Māmart-. Cognate with Oscan 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌔 (mamers). Compare Māmarcos, Māmercus. See also the Lapis Satricanus, where 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌄𐌆 (Māmartei) is attested.

Descendants
  • LatinMārs

In English words that came into English from Māvors

  • MarsMars

Quick answers

What does Māvors mean in Latin?
Māvors, a proper noun, means “Mars”.
What is the genitive of Māvors?
The genitive singular is Māvortis. Māvors is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Māvors?
In classical Latin, [ˈmaː.wɔrs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmaː.vors].