1. Marcĭānus, a, um, v. Marcius, B. and 2. Marcus.
2. Marcĭānus, i, m.: Tullius M., a freedman and steward of Cicero, Cic. Att. 12, 17.
3. Marcĭānus, i, m., v. Martianus.
Marcĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens.
- 1. Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, Liv. 1, 32; Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33; 2, 20, 35.
L. Marcius, a Roman knight, who commanded the army in Spain after the death of the Scipios, Liv. 25, 37 sq.
- 2. Two brothers Marcii, Roman soothsayers in very ancient times, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 84; 1, 50, 115; 2, 55, 113.
In fem.: Marcĭa, a vestal virgin, Ascon. Cic. Mil. p. 46 Orell.
Hence,
- A. Marcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcius, Marcian: Marcia aqua, brought into Rome first by king Ancus Marcius, and afterwards by the prætor Q. Marcius Rex, Plin. 31, 3, 24, § 41; called also: Marcius liquor, Prop. 4, 1, 52: umor, id. 4, 22, 24: lympha, Tib. 3, 6, 58; and: frigora, Stat. S. 1, 5, 25: Marcius saltus, in Liguria, where the consul Q. Marcius suffered a defeat, Liv. 39, 20.
- B. Marcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcius: carmina, of the soothsayer Marcius, Liv. 25, 12: foedus, made by L. Marcius with the inhabitants of Gades, Cic. Balb. 17, 39.
Silva Marciana, a mountain-range in western Germany, the Schwarzwald, Amm. 21, 8, 2.
Hence, adv.: Marcĭānē, in the manner of Marcius, Prisc. vol. 2, p. 528, 25 Hertz.
2. Marcus, i, m., a Roman prænomen, in gen. represented by M. simply, e. g. M. Terentius Varro, M. Tullius Cicero; written in full, MAARCVS, Inscr. Rein. 1006; MARCVS, Inscr. Fabr. p. 324, 450; p. 342, 528 et saep. Afterwards also a surname, e. g. C. PONTIVS C. L. MARCVS, Inscr. Grut. 986, 5.
Hence, Marcĭānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Marcus, Marcian: sodales, the priests who performed the sacred rites instituted in honor of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, Capitol. Pertinax, 15; cf. Spart. Sever. 7; Inscr. Grut. 379.
Martĭānus (Marc-), i, m.
- I. Aelius Martianus, a Roman jurist, a pupil of Papinian under Alexander Severus, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 68.
- II. Martianus Capella, v. Capella.