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09-03-2013, 06:49 PM
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Need Andrew Criddle's Thread About Marcus and the Latin word Murcus
There used to be a thread in the archives where Andrew Criddle had developed an etymology for Marcus. Does that still exist? All I remember is he proposed a pun which Latin-speaking people might have thought that Mark should be called murcus (= deserter, coward) and not marcus. I have a similar idea from Syriac ma'arq = fugitive http://cal1.cn.huc.edu/showjastrow.php?page=819
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09-03-2013, 07:24 PM
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09-04-2013, 09:35 AM
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Thank you. I was wondering if Andrew has developed this any further, published this idea in print etc.
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09-04-2013, 11:35 AM
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I've thought about the ideas in the thread, but I haven't got much further or published anything more widely. Andrew Criddle |
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