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Name Macrinus
Gender Masculine
Usage Late Roman, History
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Meaning & History
Roman cognomen, which because of the #-inus# suffix must be a diminutive, probably of what should be #macrus#. Macrus is either derived from Latin #macer# "thin, meagre", or a latinized form of Greek #makros# "large, long". A known bearer of this name was Macrinus, a Roman Emperor from the 3rd century AD.