What does mecum amicum est mean?

Answer 1

mecum has no meaning, it is not a word. What you refer to is the slogan of the motorcycle club "The Mac's" which uses this latin text "Macum Amicum Est". They claim it means "Mac is a friend", but it only means that in the worst possible scoolboy latin.

Firstly, "Mac" in latin, would simply stay "Mac". Macum itself has no meaning, the closest root-of-a-word to it is "Macu", which is the root for words like maculo, macula, maculare, etc. They generaly mean things like "Stain" or "Dishonour" (Like a stain on your reputation,...or my favourite "macusolum" which means "spotted" (as in, fishy, supicious, not to be trusted))

Secondly, "Amicum" is also not a word. Closest to the root is Amica, which means friendly, and the correct word would have been Amicus, which means a friend.

So the correct latin for their slogan should have been "Mac Amicus Est", which actualy means "Mac is a Friend", instead of "Macum Amicum Est" Which sortof means nothing, except perhaps "a Stain is a friend" or "Spot is your Friend" :)

Cheers!

Answer 2

mark of a brother