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Aegaeus, a, um, adj., Ægean; hence, Mărĕ Aegaeum (Αἰγαῖον πέλαγος, τό, or πόντος Αιγαῖος, ὁ, Xen. Oec. 20, 27), the Ægean Sea, extending eastwards from the coast of Greece to Asia Minor, now called the Archipelago, and by the Turks the White Sea, to distinguish it from the Black Sea: insula Delos in Aegaeo mari posita, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18.
In the poets also absol.: Aegaeum, i, n., for Aegaeum mare: in patenti Aegaeo, Hor. C. 2, 16, 1; Pers. 5, 142; cf. Burm. Prop. 3, 5, 51. [The etymol. was unknown even to the ancients. Acc. to some, from Ægeus, father of Theseus, who threw himself into this sea; acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, 2 fin., from αἶγες, goats, since the sea, from the many islands rising out of it, resembled a flock of goats; Strabo derives the name from Ægææ, a town in Eubœa.]
Hence, adj.: Aegaeus, a, um, pertaining to the Ægean Sea: gurges, Cic. Arat. 422: tumultus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 63: Neptunus, Verg. A. 3, 74: Cyclades, which lie in it, Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 8: Venus, since she was said to have sprung from the Ægean Sea, Stat. Th. 8, 478.

2. Ancus (Marcius), i, m. [v. ango] (prop. a servant, as bending, crouching; hence = ancus Martius = θεράπων Ἄρεως, servant of Mars), the fourth king of Rome, A.U.C. 116-140, said to have been the grandson of Numa by Pompilia, Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33; 2, 3, 5; Varr. Fragm. p. 241 Bip.; Liv. 1, 32 sqq.; Verg. A. 6, 815; Hor. C. 4, 7, 15; Ov. F. 6, 803 al.

Maracanda, ōrum, n., the capital of Sogdiana, now Samarcand, Curt. 7, 6, 16; 7, 9, 20.

Mărăthēnus, a, um, v. Marathos, II.

Mărăthon, ōnis, f. (m., Mel. 2, 3, 6), = Μαραθών, a town (now Vrana) on the eastern coast of Attica, famed for the death of Icarus, the victory of Theseus over the Marathonian bull, and that of Miltiades over the Persians, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Milt. 4, 2; Just. 2, 15, 18: proelium apud Marathona, Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 57; Ov. M. 7, 433.
Hence,

  1. A. Mărătho-nĭus, a, um, adj., = Μαραθώνιος, of or belonging to Marathon, Marathonian: an etiam Theseus Marathonii tauri cornua comprehendit iratus? Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50: pugna, id. Att. 9, 10, 3.
    1. 2. Transf., Athenian: Marathonia virgo, i. e. Erigone, Stat. S. 5, 3, 74: hostis, Sil. 14, 650; Just. 4, 4; 5.
  2. B. Mărăthōnis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Μαραθωνίς, Marathonian: quercum Marathonida Theseus extulit, i. e. the spear with which he fought against the Marathonian bull, Stat. Th. 12, 730: Marathonide silvā, id. ib. 11, 644.

Mărăthos or -us, i, f., = Μάραθος, an ancient Phœnician city, opposite the island of Arados, near the modern Ainel-Hye, Mel. 1, 12, 3; Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78; Curt. 4, 1, 6.
Hence, Mărăthēnus, a, um, adj., of or from Marathos, Marathene: Menelaüs, a rhetorician from Marathos, Cic. Brut. 26, 100 Meyer.

mărăthrītes, ae, m., = μαραθρίτης (sc. οἶνος), wine flavored with fennel, fennelwine: vinum absinthiten, et hyssopiten, et marathriten sic condire oportet, Col. 12, 35 init.

mărăthrus or -os, i, m., or mără-thrum, i, n., = μάραθρον, fennel, called in pure Lat. feniculum, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 99: marathros (v. l. marathrus), Ov. Med. Fac. 91.

1. Mărăthus, i, m., = Μάραθος.

  1. I. A favorite of Tibullus, Tib. 1, 8, 49.
  2. II. A freedman who wrote the acts of Augustus, Suet. Aug. 79.

2. Mărăthus, i, f., v. Marathos.

Marcellus, i, m. [dim. of Marcus],

  1. I. a Roman family name in the plebeian gens Claudia: inter Marcellos et Claudios patricios, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 176: generosior Marcellis, Juv. 2, 145.
    1. B. Esp., M. Claudius Marcellus, the taker of Syracuse, Liv. 25, 23 fin.; Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; id. Rep. 1, 1, 1; 1, 14, 21; Verg. A. 6, 855; Hor. C. 1, 12, 46.
      Another M. Claudius Marcellus, the nephew of Octavian and adopted by him, Vell. 2, 93; Tac. A. 1, 3; Prop. 3, 18 (cf. Verg. A. 6, 861 sq.); Hor. C. 1, 12, 46; Sen. ad Marc. 2, 3.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Marcellīa (ēa), ōrum, n., a festival in honor of the Marcelli in Syracuse, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 51; 2, 2, 63, § 154.
    2. B. Marcellĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcellus, Marcellian: theatrum, named after M. Claudius Marcellus, the nephew of Augustus, Suet. Vesp. 19; id. Aug. 29.

marcens, entis, v. marceo, P. a.

marcĕo, ēre, v. n. [Sanscr. root mar, die; Gr. μαραίνω, μαρασμός; cf. also morbus, morior], to wither, droop, shrink, shrivel

  1. I. Lit. (poet.): marcebant coronae, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 244: silva comis, Stat. S. 5, 5, 29.
  2. II. Transf., to be faint, weak, drooping, feeble, languid, lazy (not in Cic. or Cæs.): annis corpus jam marcet, Lucr. 3, 946: marcent luxuria, vino, et epulis per totam hiemem confecti, Liv. 23, 45: otio ac desidia corrupti marcebant, Just. 30, 1: pavore, Curt. 4, 13, 18; Vell. 2, 84: si marcet animus, si corpus torpet, Cels. 2, 2: amor, Claud. Laud. Seren. 226: juventa, Nemes. Ecl. 1, 60.
    Hence, marcens, entis, P. a., withering, drooping, feeble, wasted away, exhausted, weak, languid, indolent (mostly poet.).
    1. A. Lit.: marcentes coronae, Claud. Epithal. Pall. et Celer. 96: marcentes tibi porrigentur uvae, Mart. 5, 78, 12: bracchia marcentia vino, Col. 10, 428.
    2. B. Transf.: colla, Stat. Th. 2, 630: guttura, Ov. M. 7, 314: senex marcentibus annis, Sil. 15, 746: visus, Sen. Agam. 788: stomachus, Suet. Calig. 58: terga, Mart. Cap. 6, § 704.
      Absol.: tostis marcentem squillis recreabis, Hor. S. 2, 4, 58: Vitellius deses et marcens, Tac. H. 3, 36: pocula, i. e. enfeebling, Stat. S. 4, 6, 56: pax, Tac. G. 36: flamma cupiditatis, Mam. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 17.

marcesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [marceo], to wither, pine away, droop, decay (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

  1. I. Lit.: fagus et cerrus celeriter marcescunt, Plin. 16, 40, 79, § 218: quae spectatissime florent, celerrime marcescunt, id. 21, 1, 1, § 2: calamus, Vulg. Isa. 19, 6.
  2. II. Transf., to become weak, feeble, powerless, to pine or waste away, languish: marcescens celerius nominis sui flore, fading, Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125: alia genera pecorum morbo et languoribus marcescunt, Col. 7, 7, 1: senio vires, Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 81: vino, Ov. P. 1, 5, 45: equitem marcescere desidia, Liv. 28, 35, 3: marcescere otii situ, id. 33, 45, 7: otio, id. 35, 35, 9: otia per somnos, Ov. P. 2, 9, 61: dives, Vulg. Jac. 1, 11.

Marcĭa ăqua, v. Marcius, A.

Marcĭānŏpŏlis, is, f., = Μαρκιανούπολις, a city of Lower Mœsia on the Euxine, now Imertje, Treb. Poll. Claud. 9, 3; Amm. 27, 4, 12; 31, 5, 4.

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.

marcĭdat, τήκει, τη:κεται, melts away, Gloss. Vet.

marcĭdŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [marcidus], somewhat drooping, somewhat faint or languid (post-class.): marcidulis luminibus, Mart. Cap. 7, § 727.

marcĭdus, a, um, adj. [marceo], withered, wasted, shrunk, decayed, rotten (mostly poet. and post-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.: lilia marcida, Ov. M. 10, 92: aures, Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 137: cicatrices, id. prooem. 23: stagna, foul, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 280: asseres vetustate marcidi fiunt, Vitr. 2, 8, 20: manus, Val. Max. 6, 9, 6 ext.
  2. II. Transf., weak, feeble, languid, enervated, exhausted: huc incede gradu marcidus ebrio, Sen. Med. 69: marcidus edomito bellum referebat ab Haemo Liber, Stat. Th. 4, 652: somno, Plin. Pan. 63: somno aut libidinosis vigiliis, Tac. A. 6, 10; Plin. Pan. 63: sol, faint, pale, dull, Poët. ap. Diom. p. 445 P.: senectus, Val. Max. 7, 7, 4: oculi libidine marcidi, languishing, voluptuous, App. M. 3, p. 135, 34.

Marcĭon, ōnis, m. (Marcīon, Prud. Ham. 120),

  1. I. a heretic of Sinope, who gave himself out to be Christ, Tert. de Praescr. adv. Haeret. 30; Prud. Ham. 502.
    Hence,
    1. A. Marcĭōnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the heretic Marcion: continentia, Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 30.
    2. B. Marcĭō-nista, ae, m., a follower of the heretic Marcion, a Marcionite.
      Plur.,
      Cod. Just. 1, 5, 5.
    3. C. Marcĭōnīta, ae, m., for Marcionensis, of or belonging to the heretic Marcion: Marcionita Deus, tristis, ferus insidiator, i. e. feigned by Marcion, Prud. Ham. 129.
      Plur.: Marcĭōnītae, Marcionites, disciples of Marcion, Tert. Praescr. Her. 49; Lact. 4, 30, 10; Ambros. de Fide, 5, 13, 162.
  2. II. A native of Smyrna, the author of a treatise De simplicibus effectibus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38.

Marcĭpor, ōris, m., i. e. Marci puer,

  1. I. the slave of Marcus.
    Plur.,
    Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 26; cf. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. quintipor, p. 257, 19 Müll.
  2. II. The title of a satire of Varro.

Marcĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens.

    1. 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. 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,
  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Marcŏdūrum, i, n., a town of the Ubians, in the west of Germany, the mod. Düren, Tac. H. 4, 28.

Marcŏlĭca, ae, f., a chief city of Spain, Liv. 45, 4.

Marcŏmăni and -manni, ōrum, m. [marka, a march, border; the marchmen, borderers], a Germanic people, a portion of the tribe of the Suevi, who, after their defeat by Drusus, removed from the Rhine and the Main to the country of the Boii (Bohemians), Caes. B. G. 1, 51; Tac. G. 42; id. A. 2, 46; 62; Vell. 2, 108; 109; 110 and 382; Stat. S. 3, 3, 170; Vop. Aur. 13, 3.
Hence,

  1. A. Marcŏmănĭa and -mannĭa, ae, f., the country of the Marcomanni, Capitol. M. Aur. 24, 5.
  2. B. Marcŏmănĭcus and -mannĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Marcomanni, Marcomannic: bellum, Capitol. M. Aur. 17; Eutr. 8, 12; 13: MARCOMANNICVS MAXIMVS, a surname given to Caracalla, commemorative of his victory over the Marcomanni, Inscr. Mur. 1021, 7.

marcor, ōris, m. [marceo], a withering: segetum, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 4.
Hence, Transf.

  1. I. Decay, rottenness (not anteAug.): panni marcor, a rotten rag, Plin. 22, 22, 46, § 94.
  2. II. Faintness, languor, indolence: marcor, et inexpugnabilis dormiendi necessitas, Cels. 3, 20: cernitis expositas turpi marcore cohortes, i. e. somno, Stat. Th. 10, 269: maeror marcorque, melancholy, Sen. Tranq. 2, 8: ducis, indolence, worthlessness, Vell. 2, 119, 2.

marcŭlentus, a, um, adj. [marcor], withered, feeble, faint (post-class.): marculenta foliorum calvities, Fulg. Myth. 2, 8.

1. marcŭlus or martŭlus, i, m. dim. [marcus], a small hammer, a hammer (ante-class. and post-Aug.): malleus vocatur, quia dum quid calet et molle est, caedit et producit: marcus, malleus major: et dictus marcus, quod major sit ad caedendum, et fortior: marcellus mediocris: marculus malleus pusillus, Isid. Orig. 19, 7, 2; Lucil. ib.: tegulas invenit Cinyra, et metalla aeris, item forcipem, martulum, vectem, incudem, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 195: alii caelo et marculo gemmulas exsculpunt, Front. ad Caes. 4, 4, 3 Mai.: aerariorum marculi, Mart. 12, 57, 6.

2. Marcŭlus diminutivum a Marco, Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.

1. marcus, i, m. [cf. Sanscr. mar, mrid, to break, crush], a large hammer, Isid. Orig. 19, 7, 2, v. 1. marculus.

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.

Mardi, ōrum, m., a plundering race dwelling in the highlands between Media, Susiana, and Persis, near the Hyrcanians, Plin. 6, 5, 5, § 16; 6, 16, 18, § 47; Tac. A. 14, 23; Curt. 4, 12, 7; 5, 6, 17; 6, 5, 11.
In sing.: natione Mardus, Curt. 3, 13, 2.

Mardŏnĭus, ii, m., = Μαρδόνιος, a son-in-law of Darius, and general of the Persians, defeated by Pausanias at Platæa, Nep. Paus. 1, 2; Just. 2, 13, 1; Curt. 4, 1, 12.

măre, is (abl. sing. mare, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 45 and 111 P.; and in Prisc. p. 759 ib.; Lucr. 1, 161; Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20; id. P. 4, 6, 46; 198; Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 11; gen. plur. marum, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 770 P.), n. [root mar-, gleam, glimmer (cf. ἅλς μαρμαρέη, Il. 14, 273); Gr. μάρμαρος; Lat. marmor; Sanscr. mīras, sea; Goth. marei; Angl.-Sax. mere; Germ. Meer. Curtius, however, refers these words to root mar-, die; cf. morior, marceo], the sea, opp. to dry land.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: sol, qui Mare, terram, caelum contines tuo cum lumine, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Trag. v. 322 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ib.): mare infidum, Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 13: fluctuosum, id. Rud. 4, 2, 5: ventosum, Hor. C. 3, 4, 45: tumultuosum, id. ib. 3, 1, 26: tumidum, Verg. A. 8, 671: placidum, id. E. 2, 26: tranquillum, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 4: vastissimum, Cic. Pis. 24, 57: vastum atque apertum, Caes. B. G. 3, 12: profundum et immensum, Cic. Planc. 6, 15: planum, Juv. 12, 62: numquam ingressus es mare, Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 5: mare pedibus ingredi, Lact. 4, 15, 21: remenso ire mari, Verg. A. 3, 144: terrā marique, by sea and by land: terra marique acquirenda, i. e. at all hazards, Juv. 14, 222; v. terra.
      In plur.: maria salsa, Enn. ap. Non. 183, 18 (Trag. v. 145 Vahl.): quibus cavernis maria sustineantur, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24 fin.: in reliquis maribus, Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 2.
      Poet. as a figure for hard-heartedness: te saevae progenuere ferae Aut mare, etc., Ov. H. 7, 39; cf. Cat. 64, 155; cf. also: Nam mare haud est mare; vos mare acerrumum; nam in mari repperi, hic elavi bonis, Plaut. As. 1, 2, 8 sq.: meretricem ego item esse reor mare ut est; quod des devorat, numquam abundat, id. Truc. 2, 7, 17 sq.
      In apposition with Oceanus: proximus mare Oceanum in Andibus hiemarat, Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2; Tac. H. 4, 12; cf. also: ecce maris magna claudit nos obice pontus, the depths of the sea, Verg. A. 10, 377: maria omnia caelo Miscere, id. ib. 5, 790.
      Prov.: mare caelo miscere, to mingle sea and sky, i. e. to raise a terrific storm, bluster: clames licet, et mare caelo Confundas, homo sum, Juv. 6, 282: quis caelum terris non misceat et mare caelo, id. 2, 25: terrā marique aliquid quaerere or conquirere, to search for a thing by sea and land, i. e. everywhere, Plaut. Poen. prol. 105; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9; Sall. C. 13: maria et montes polliceri, to promise seas and mountains, i. e. more than one can perform, id. ib. 23, 2: his qui contentus non est, in mare fundat aquas, pour water into the sea, i. e. fill that which is already full, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 44.
    2. B. In partic., of single seas: mare nostrum, i. e. the Mediterranean Sea, Caes. B. G. 5, 1; Sall. J. 17; Plin. 6, 28, 30, § 126; Luc. 8, 293: mare superum, the Upper Sea, the Adriatic, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 41; 3, 5, 10 al.: mare inferum, the Etruscan Sea, Cic. l. l.; Att. 8, 3, 5; Mel. l. l.; Plin. l. l. al.: mare Aegeum, Juv. 13, 246: mare rubrum, v. ruber; of a fresh-water lake: Galileae, Vulg. Matt. 4, 18.
  2. II. Transf. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    1. A. Sea-water, salt-water: Chium maris expers, unmixed Chian wine, Hor. S. 2, 8, 15 (id est, sine aqua marina, Schol. Acr.); so, vinum mari condire, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73.
    2. B. The color of the sea, sea-green: smaragdi virens mare, Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 80.
    3. * C. Of the air: mare aëris, the sea, i. e. expanse of air: id omne Aëris in magnum fertur mare, Lucr. 5, 276.
    4. D. A large vessel: bases et mare aëneum, Vulg. 4 Reg. 25, 13.

Mărĕa and Mărĕōta, ae, f.,

  1. I. a lake and city of Lower Egypt, not far from Alexandria (called in Gr. Μαρέα), Edict. Just. 13, 1; 9; 17 sq.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Mărĕō-tĭcus, a, um, adj., Mareotic: (vinum), Hor. C. 1, 37, 14: vites, Col. 3, 2.
      Transf.: Egyptian: arva, Ov. M. 9, 733: cortex, the papyrus plant, Mart. 14, 209: labor, the Egyptian pyramids, id. 8, 36, 3: arbiter, i. e. Busiris, Stat. S. 4, 6, 103.
    2. B. Mărĕ-ōtis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Μαρεῶτις, Mareotic: Mareotis Libya, a part of Libya bordering on Egypt, whose inhabitants are called Mă-rĕōtae, Μαρεῶται, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39: palus, the Mareotic lake, Lake Mareotis, id. 5, 10, 11, § 62; or absol.: Mărĕōtis, Luc. 9, 354: puppis, i. e. navis Alexandrina, Stat. S. 3, 2, 103: uva, Luc. 10, 160: vites, Verg. G. 2, 91; Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 39.

* Marēnē, ēs, f., a region of Thrace, Liv. 43, 67.

marga, ae, f., a kind of earth, marl, Plin. 17, 6, 4, § 42.

Margānĭa, ae, f., a city in Margiana, Curt. 7, 10, 15 Foss. (al. Margianam).

margărĭdes, um, f., = μαργαρίδες, a round kind of date, perh. the Maldive nut, Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 42.

margărīta, ae, f., and margărī-tum, i, n., = μαργαρίτης (λίθος), a pearl,

      1. a. Form margarita (class.), Varr. ap. Non. 213, 30: nego ullam gemmam fuisse, aut margaritam, quin abstulerit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1: ornatus margaritarum, id. Or. 39, 78; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 3: linea margaritarum, Dig. 35, 2, 26: Britannici, Plin. 9, 35, 53, § 105: una pretiosa, Vulg. Matt. 13, 46.
        Prov.: ne mittatis margaritas vestras ante porcos, do not cast your pearls before swine, Vulg. Matt. 7, 6.
      2. b. Form margaritum (rare, not in Cic.): arma margarito candicantia, Varr. ap. Non. 213, 24: gignit et Oceanus margarita, Tac. Agr. 12; Dig. 19, 5, 17, § 1; Tert. ad Ux. 2, 5; id. de Pall. 5; Prud. στεφ. 10, 648; id. Psych. 873.
        As a term of endearment, pearl, treasure: Tiberinum margaritum, said of Mæcenas, Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4; Petr. 63, 3.

margărītārĭus, a, um, adj. [margarita],

  1. I. of or belonging to pearls, pearl- (postclass.): porticus, where pearls were bought, Auct. de Region. Urb. Rom. Reg. 8.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. margărītārĭus, ii, m., a dealer in pearls, a pearl-fisher, Firm. Math. 4, 6; Inscr. Orell. 1602; 4076; 4218.
    2. B. Margărītārĭa, ae, f., a female dealer in pearls, Inscr Orell. 4148.

margărītātus, a, um, adj. [margarita], adorned with pearls (post-class.): sinus, Ven. Carm. 8, 6, 266 (where the metre requires margārītatus).

* margărītĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [margarita-fero], pearl-bearing, containing or producing pearls: concha, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 147.

margărītĭon, ōnis, m. dim. [margaritum], a little pearl; transf., of a beloved child, Inscr. Orell. 2681.

margărītum, i, v. margarita.

margella, κοράλλιον (red coral), Gloss. Gr. Lat.

Margĭāna, ae, and Margĭānē, ēs, f., = Μαργιανή, a country of Asia, beyond the Caspian Sea, between Bactria and Hyrcania, Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46; Curt. 7, 10, 15 Mütz. (dub. al. Marganiam).

margĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [margo], to furnish with a border, to border, enclose with a margin (perh. not ante-Aug.): viae marginandae, Liv. 41, 27: tabulae marginatae, Plin. 35, 12, 45, § 154: saga limbis marginata puniceis, Sid. Ep. 4, 20.

Margis or Margas, m., a river of Mœsia, Plin. 3, 26, 29, § 149.

margo, ĭnis, m. and f. (cf. Prisc. p. 684 P.),

  1. I. an edge, brink, border, margin (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.): flumen marginibus lapideis, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 9: conchae, Plin. 9, 36, 61, § 130: ulceris, id. 30, 13, 39, § 113: calicis, id. 37, 2, 7, § 18: gemmae, id. 37, 8, 37, § 116: margine gramineo (sc. fontis), Ov. M. 3, 162: ripae, id. ib. 5, 598: agri, a boundary, Val. Max. 5, 6, 4: puppis, Sil. 3, 360: terrarum, shore, Ov. M. 1, 13: viridi si margine cluderet undas herba, Juv. 3, 14: capite super margine scuti posito, Liv. 44, 33.
    In fem.: margo, quae sustinet arenam, Vitr. 5, 12; Aemil. Macer. and Rabir. ap. Charis. p. 49 P.: plena jam margine libri, Juv. 1, 5; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 27: margine in extremo littera rasa, Ov. Am. 1, 11, 22: comae, Stat. S. 2, 1, 44: oculorum, id. ib. 3, 2, 53: rostri, Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 37: templi, threshold, Stat. S. 4, 4, 54: imperii, boundary, Ov. Tr. 2, 199; cf.: extremo in margine imperii, qua Rhenus alluit, Plin. 12, 20, 43, § 98.
  2. II. Transf. (poet.): partem modicae sumptam de margine cenae, i. e. the side-dishes, Juv. 4, 30.

* Margum, i, n., a city in Upper Mœsia, on the Margis, Eutr. 9, 13.

1. Mărī̆a, ae, f., a female proper name.

  1. I. Mary, the mother of Jesus (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Matt. 2, 11: Marĭa, Prud. Psych. 88; id. Apoth. 643; Sedul. Car. Pasch. 2, 49: Marīa, id. Hymn. 1, 53; 54.
  2. II. Mary Magdalene, Vulg. Johan. 20, 1; Sedul. 4, 142.
  3. III. Mary of Bethany, sister of Lazarus and Martha, Vulg. Johan. 11, 1.

2. Mărī̆a, f., a town of the Parthians, Plin. 6, 25, 29, § 113.

mărĭambŭlus, a, um, adj. [mareambulo], a walker on the sea (eccl. Lat.): Petrum non funambulum, sed ut ita dicam mariambulum, Aug. in Psa. 39, 9.

Mărĭāna, ae, f., v. Marius, B.

Mărĭandȳni, ōrum, m., = Μαριανδυνοί, a people of Bithynia, Mel. 1, 19, 1; 7; 2, 7, 2; Val. Fl. 4, 171; Avien. Descr. Orbis, 960; Mart. Cap. 9, § 924.
Hence, Mărĭ-andȳnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Mariandyni, Mariandynian: sinus, Plin. 6, 1, 1, § 4: arenae, Val. Fl. 4, 733.

Mărĭānus, a, um, v. Marius, B.

Mărīca, ae, f., a nymph in the territory of Minturnæ, on the river Liris, the fabled mother of the Latins, Verg. A. 7, 47; Serv. acc. to Lact. 1, 21, 23, Circe, who was deified after her death. After her was named the lucus Maricae, the grove consecrated to her, Liv. 27, 37; called also, silva Maricae, Mart. 13, 83, 1; and, querceta Maricae, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 259: palus Maricae, the lake near Minturnæ, where Marius hid himself after his flight from Sylla, Vell. 2, 19, 2.
As subst.: Mărīca, ae, i. e. Minlurnæ, Hor. C. 3, 17, 7: regna Maricae, the territory of Minturnæ, Liv. 2, 424.

Maricas, ae, m., = Μαρικᾶς, a title of a comedy of Eupolis, directed against Hyperbolus, Quint. 1, 10, 18 Spald.

Mariccus, i, m., a Boian, who stirred up a revolt against Vitellius, Tac. H. 2, 61.

mărīnus, a, um, adj. [mare], of or belonging to the sea, sea-, marine (class.): marini terrenique umores, Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 43: aestus, id. Div. 2, 14, 34: fremitus, Verg. G. 2, 160: naves, sea-ships, Dig. 50, 5, 3: mustela, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduphag. p. 166 Vahl.): Nympha, Cat. 64, 16: Venus, sea-born, Hor. C. 3, 26, 5: ros, rosemary, id. ib. 3, 23, 15: vituli, sea-calves, Juv. 3, 238: morsus, of sea-water, Plin. 36, 26, 65, § 191.
Neutr. absol.: terrenum differt a marino, i. e. that which is produced by the sea, Quint. 5, 10, 61.

mărisca, ae, f., a large inferior kind of fig.

  1. I. Lit.: pingues mariscae, Col. 10, 415: fatua, Mart. 7, 25, 7; in apposition with ficus, Cato, R. R. 8 (also in Plin. 15, 18, 19, § 72); so, mariscae fici, Varr. ap. Non. 550, 31.
  2. * II. Transf., the piles: tumidae mariscae, Juv. 2, 13.

măriscos or -us, i, m., a kind of rush: de junco, quem mariscon appellat, Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 112.

mărīta, ae, a married woman, wife, v. 1. maritus, III.

mărītālis, e, adj. [1. maritus], of or belonging to married people, matrimonial, nuptial, conjugal (poet. and post-Aug.): vestis, Ov. A. A. 2, 258: conjugium, Col. 12 praef. 1: fax, Val. Max. 9, 1, 9: supercilium, id. ib. 6, 3, 10: capistrum, the marriagehalter, Juv. 6, 43: honor et affectio, Fragm. Jur. Rom. Vat. 253 a, Huschke.
Hence, mărītālĭter, adv., matrimonially, Aug. in Johann. tr. 31, 3.

mărītātus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of marito.

mărĭtĭmus (mărĭtŭmus), a, um, adj. [mare], of or belonging to the sea, sea-, maritime (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: fluctus movi maritumos, Plaut. Rud. prol. 69: homines maritimi, seamen, mariners, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69; cf. absol.: e barbaris ipsis nulli erant antea maritimi praeter Etruscos et Poenos, id. Rep. 2, 4, 9: maritimus et navalis hostis, id. ib. 2, 3, 6: loci maritimi, an remoti a mari, id. Part. Or. 10, 36: urbes, on the seacoast, lying on the sea, id. Rep. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 6: civitas, Caes. B. G. 2, 34: portus, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 139: agri, Liv. 29, 28: provincia, id. 37, 2: ora, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; Caes. B. C. 3, 5: cursus, a voyage, Cic. Planc. 40: res, maritime affairs, id. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 70: naves, sea-going, Liv. 21, 63: officium, Caes. B. C. 3, 5: ecfugere a vita marituma, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 108: bellum, with the pirates, Sall. C. 39, 1: portus, navibus ab maritima vi tutus, Liv. 37, 16: sal, sea-salt, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8: silvae, on the sea-coast, Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33: nuptiae, i. e. those of Peleus with Thetis (opp. terrenae nuptiae, i. e. with Musa), id. ib.: usurae, from maritime speculations, Dig. 22, 3, 6.
    Subst.: mărĭtĭma, ōrum, n., maritime parts or places: in maritimis sum, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2; so with gen.: maritima Aetoliae vastare, Liv. 38, 7: maritima Africae, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212: Tarraconis, Flor. 4, 12, 5.
  2. * II. Transf., changeable, inconstant, like the sea: mores, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 11.

mărīto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. maritus], to give a husband to one; hence to wed, marry, give in marriage to a man.

  1. I. Lit. (post-Aug. and rare): Vitellii filiam, Suet. Vesp. 14: lex (Augusti) de maritandis ordinibus, i. e. imposing fines for celibacy in all classes, id. Aug. 34: lex Julia de maritandis ordinibus, Gai. Inst. 1, 178; Ulp. Fragm. 11, 20; pleonastically: matrimonia, i. e. to conclude, make, App. Dogm. Plat. p. 26.
    Hence, absol., to marry, take a wife: maritandum principem suaderent, Tac. A. 12, 6.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of animals and plants.
      1. 1. Pass.: maritari, to be coupled, i. e. to have a mate: tunc dicuntur catulire, id est ostendere, se velle maritari, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 11.
      2. 2. To impregnate: (Zephyrus) glebas fecundo rore maritat, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 89; so in pass., to be impregnated: quae (feminae) ternae singulis (maribus) maritantur, Col. 8, 2, 12; Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 93; Sol. 23.
    2. B. Of plants, to wed, i. e. to tie or fasten to another tree: adultā vitium propagine Altas maritat populos, Hor. Epod. 2, 10: ulmi vitibus maritantur, Col. 11, 2, 79; 4, 2, 1: maritandae arbores, id. 4, 1, 6; cf. id. 5, 6, 18.
      Hence, mărītātus, a, um, P. a., of or pertaining to a wife.
      Comic.: A. Pulchra dos pecunia est. P. Quae quidem non maritata est, yes, if not accompanied with a wife, Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 12.
      Subst.: mărītāta, ae, f., a wife, a married woman, Lact. 1, 11, 9.
      Plur., opp. virgines, viduae, Hier. Ep. 77, n. 12.

1. mărītus, a, um, adj. [mas], of or belonging to marriage, matrimonial, conjugal, nuptial, marriage-.

  1. I. Adj. (so mostly poet.; not in Cic.).
    1. A. Lit.: facibus cessit maritis, to the nuptial torches, to wedlock, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 33: faces, Ov. H. 11, 101: foedus, the conjugal tie, id. P. 3, 1, 73: tori, id. H. 2, 41: sacra, Prop. 3, 20, 26 (4, 20, 16); Ov. H. 12, 87: Venus, wedded love, id. ib. 16, 283; cf.: fides, conjugal fidelity, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11: lex, respecting marriage, a marriage-law (de maritandis ordinibus, Suet. Aug. 34), Hor. C. S. 20.
      In prose: vagabatur per maritas domos dies noctesque, i. e. the houses of married people, Liv. 27, 31, 5 Drak.
    2. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Of plants, wedded, i. e. tied up (cf. marito, II. B.): arbores, Cato, R. R. 32, 2; Col. 11, 2, 32: ulmo conjuncta marito (sc. vitis), Cat. 62, 54; Quint. 8, 3, 8: olivetum, Col. 3, 11, 3.
      2. 2. Impregnating, fertilizing (in postclass. poetry): fluctus (Nili), Avien. Perieg. 339: imbres, Pervigil. Ven. 4, 11.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. mărītus, i, m., a married man, husband (freq. and class.; cf. conjux, vir): ditis damnosos maritos sub basilica quaerito, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10: ut maritus sis quam optimae (mulieris), Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: sororis, id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; Liv. 1, 57, 10; Quint. 6, 2, 14; 3, 11, 4; Suet. Caes. 43; 52; 81; Tac. A. 1, 5; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 1; 2, 20, 2; Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 1; Just. 1, 7, 19; Val Max. 8, 2, 14; Gell. 1, 17 et saep.: insidian iem somno maritorum, Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26: quae major calumnia est quam venire imberbum adulescentem, bene valentem ac maritum, id. Dom. 14, 37; Liv. 36, 17, 8; opp. coelebs: seu maritum sive coelibem scortarier, Plaut. Merc. 5, 14, 58; id. Cas. 2, 4, 11 sq.; Quint. 5, 10, 26; Sen. Ep. 94, 8; Gell. 2, 15: bonus optandusque maritus, Juv. 6, 211: malus ingratusque maritus, id. 7, 169: mariti testamentum, Quint. 9, 2, 73: patrius, Verg. A. 3, 297: Phrygio servire marito, id. ib. 4, 103: unico gaudens mulier marito, Hor. C. 3, 14, 5: novus, a newly-married man, a young husband, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 6: intra quartum et vicesimum annum maritus, Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 3: recens, id. ib. 8, 23, 8: ut juveni primum virgo deducta marito, Tib. 3, 4, 31: lex Bithynorum, si quid mulier contrahat, maritum auctorem esse jubet, Gai. Inst. 1, 193: si maritus pro muliere se obligaverit, Ulp. Fragm. 11, 3: maritus lugendus decem mensibus, Plaut. Sent. 1, 21, 13.
    2. B. Transf.
      1. 1. A lover, suitor (poet.), Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 10: aegram (Dido) nulli quondam flexere mariti, Verg. A. 4, 35.
      2. 2. Of animals: ol ens maritus, i. e. a he-goat, Hor. C. 1, 17, 7: quem pecori dixere maritum, Verg. G. 3, 125; so, gregum, Col. 7, 6, 4; of cocks, id. 8, 5 fin.; Juv. 3, 91.
      3. 3. In plur.: mă-rīti, ōrum, m., married people, man and wife (post-class.), Dig. 24, 1, 52 fin.: novi mariti, newly-married people, a young couple, App. M. 8, p. 201, 36.
  3. III. mărīta, ae, f., a married woman, wife (poet. and postclass.): marita, Hor. Epod. 8, 13: castae maritae, Ov. F. 2, 139; id. H. 12, 175; Inscr. Orell. 2665; Inscr. Fabr. 299 al.; and freq. on epitaphs.

2. mărītus, i, v. 1. maritus, II. A.

Marium, i, n., and Mareum, = Μα:ριον, an ancient town of Cyprus, Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 130.

Mărĭus, i, m., the name of a Roman gens.

    1. 1. The most celebrated is C. Marius, the conqueror of Jugurtha, and seven times consul, Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 7; id. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60; Sall. C. 59, 3; id. J. 46 sqq.; as a friend of the popular party, his name is used as an appellative: Caesari multos Marios inesse, Cæsar had many Mariuses in him, Sulla ap. Suet. Caes. 1 fin.
    2. 2. M. Marius Gratidianus, Cic. Brut. 45, 168; 62, 224; id. Leg. 3, 16, 36; id. Off. 3, 20, 80; Sen. de Ira, 3, 18; Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 132.
    3. 3. Marius Priscus, proconsul in Africa, tried for extortion, A. D. 100, Plin. Ep. 2, 11; Juv. 1, 49; 8, 120.
    4. 4. Marius Victorinus, a rhetorician and grammarian, a native of Africa, in the middle of the fourth century of the Christian era.
      Hence,
  1. A. Mărĭus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to C. Marius, Marian: lex, Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 38.
  2. B. Mărĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to C. Marius, Marian: Mariani consulatus, Cic. Brut. 47, 175: scutum Cimbricum, id. de Or. 2, 66, 266: quercus, id. Leg. 1, 1, 1: tribunus plebis, id. Agr. 3, 2, 7: Mariana et Sullana tempestas, Flor. 3, 12, 11: Mariana et Cinnana rabies, id. 4, 2, 2.
    Subst.: Mărĭāna, ae, f., a Roman colony on the eastern coast of Corsica, founded by C. Marius, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 80; Mel. 2, 7, 19.
    Plur. subst.: Mărĭ-āni, ōrum, m., another name of the Cernetari in Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.

Marmărĭcus, a, um, adj., = Μαρμαρικός, of or belonging to Marmarica (a country lying between Egypt and the Syrtes, now Barca), Marmaric: genus capparis, Plin. 13, 23, 44, § 127.
Transf. (postAug.), African, Luc. 3, 293: nubes, i. e. the swarm of Carthaginians, Sil. 7, 83: fera, i. e. the elephant, Sid. Carm. 11, 103.

Marmărĭdes, ae, m., = Μαρμαρίδης, a man from Marmarica (v. Marmaricus), a Marmarican: cuspide Marmaridae Corythi, Ov. M. 5, 124.
Marmăridae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Marmarica, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 33: Marmaridae Psylli, Luc. 9, 894: phalanx Marmaridūm, i. e. of the Carthaginians, Sil. 5, 184.

marmărītis, ĭdis, f., = μαρμαρῖτις, a plant that grows in marble quarries, = aglaophotis, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160.

marmăryga, ae, f., = μαρμαρυγή, and marmărygma, ătis, n., = μαρμάρυγμα, movable specks or spots in the eye, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, 62; 1, 2, 52.

* Marmessus or Marmissus (-os), i, f., a town in Troas, on Mount Ida, Lact. 1, 6.

marmor, ŏris (also marmur; plur. marmura, Antonius Gripho ap. Quint. 1, 6, 23; abl. marmori, Corp. Inscr. L. 1012; m., Plin. Val. 3, 14), n. [root mar-, gleam, glimmer (v. mare), the white or gleaming stone; cf. margarita, = μάρμαρος], marble.

  1. I. Lit.: in omni marmore, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48: Parium marmor, Quint. 2, 19, 3; 5, 11, 30: tu secanda marmora Locas, Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: templum de marmore ponam, Verg. G. 3, 13; cf.: vivos ducent de marmore vultus, id. A. 6, 848: parietes crusta marmoris operire totius domus, Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48: A MARMORIBVS, one whose office it was to superintend the purchasing and working of marble, Inscr. Grut. 593, 7: marmora, kinds of marble, Sen. Ep. 100, 5; Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 54; 36, 16, 25, § 126; but blocks or pieces of marble, Hor. l. l.; Luc. 10, 114; Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 160; 36, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. 5, 11, 30; Mart. 5, 22, 8; v. infra.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Pulverized marble, marble-dust, Cato, R. R. 2, 3; Col. 12, 20 fin.; Plin. 14, 19, 24, § 120; 23, 1, 24, § 45.
    2. B. A marble, i. e.,
      1. 1. A piece of wrought marble, marble statue, etc.: Praxiteles marmore nobilitatus est Gnidiaque Venere, Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 127; Hor. C. 4, 8, 13; Ov. M. 5, 234; 12, 487: duo marmora, id. ib. 7, 790; cf.: lacrimas marmora manant, id. ib. 6, 312; so plur., Sen. Ep. 90, 26; Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9; 33, 7, 40, § 122; Stat. Silv. 1, 3, 36; Juv. 1, 12; 14, 40 et saep.
      2. 2. A building of marble, Mart. 8, 3, 6; 10, 63, 1.
      3. 3. In plur., a marble pavement, Mart. 10, 2, 9; 12, 60, 12; Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 360; Juv. 6, 430.
    3. C. A mile-stone of marble: rus marmore tertio notatum, i. e. three miles from town, Mart. 7, 31, 10.
    4. D. A marble slab upon a sideboard, Juv. 3, 205.
    5. E. A hard, stony tumor in the joints of the horse: plerumque in genibus aut phlegmon oritur, aut marmora, Veg. Vet. 2, 48, 1: tumor obduratione convertitur in marmor, id. ib. 2, 48, 10.
  3. F. Stone in gen., Ov. M. 5, 214; 11, 404: flumen inducit marmora rebus, incrusts, id. ib. 15, 314.
  4. G. Poet., the bright level surface of the sea; hence, the surface of the sea, the sea in gen.: verrunt extemplo placide mare marmore flavo, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, 21 (Ann. v. 377 Vahl.); Lucr. 2, 767: lento luctantur marmore tonsae, Verg. A. 7, 28; id. G. 1, 254: Libycum, id. A. 7, 718: spumant vada marmore verso, id. ib. 10, 208: marmora pelagi, Cat. 63, 88: infidum, Sil. 14, 464: medium, the surface of a lake, Val. Fl. 6, 568.

marmŏrārĭus, a, um, adj. [marmor], of or belonging to marble, marble. (postAug.): faber, Sen. Ep. 90, 15.
Subst.: mar-mŏrārĭus, i, m., a worker in marble, marble-mason, Vitr. 7, 6; Sen. Ep. 88, 15; 90, 13; Firm. Math. 8, 19.

marmŏrātĭo, ōnis, f. [marmoro], an overlaying or incrusting with marble (postclass.): pavimenti, App. Flor. p. 359, 2.

marmŏrātum, v. marmoro fin.

marmŏrĕus, a, um, adj. [marmor], made or consisting of marble, marble-.

  1. I. Lit. (class.): signum aëneum, marmoreum, eburneum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1: tecta, id. Par. 1, 3, 13: solum, a floor, id. ib. 6, 3, 49: facere aliquem marmoreum, to make of marble, i. e. as a marble statue, Verg. E. 7, 35: ponere aliquem marmoreum, Hor. C. 4, 1, 20: colossus, Juv. 8, 230: villa, id. 4, 112.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of or pertaining to marble, marble- (very rare): ars, Vitr. 4, 1.
    2. B. Resembling marble (in whiteness or smoothness), marble-like, marble- (mostly poet.): pectus, Lucil. ap. Non. 391, 26: cervix, Verg. G. 4, 523: pollex, Ov. M. 13, 746: palmae, id. ib. 3, 481: pedes, id. Am. 2, 11, 15: manus, Mart. 8, 56, 14: candor, marblewhiteness, Lucr. 2, 765: color, i. e. whiteness, id. 2, 775: Paros (from its famous marble quarries), Ov. M. 7, 465: gelu, id. F. 4. 918: aequor, Verg. A. 6, 729.
    3. C. Adorned with statues: Lucanus in hortis marmoreis, Juv. 7, 80.

marmŏro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [marmor],

  1. I. to overlay or incrust with marble (post-Aug.; most freq. in part. perf.): palatio exornato hoc genere marmorandi, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25: porticus marmorata, Petr. 77, 4: ingenti plaga marmorata dorso, i. e. paved with stones, Stat. S. 4, 3, 96.
  2. II. To make a kind of plaster out of marble (ante-class., and only in part. perf.): tectorium marmoratum, Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 1.
    Hence, mar-mŏrātum, i, n., a covering for walls or floors made of pounded marble and lime, Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 3; 3, 7, 3; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176.

marmŏrōsus, a, um, adj. [marmor], like marble, hard as marble: sil marmorosum, Plin. 33, 12, 56, § 158; 35, 6, 20, § 38.

marmuscŭlum, i, n. dim. [marmor], a small work in marble, Isid. 1, 27, 3.

Marnas, ae, m. [Syrian], a deity worshipped at Gaza, in Palestine, Hier. Isa. 7, 17, 2; id. Vit. Hilar. 14.

1. Măro, ōnis, m. [from root smar-, to be thoughtful; cf. memor], the family name of the poet P. Vergilius, Lact. 1, 15, 12: ingenium sacri miraris abesse Maronis: Sint Maecenates, non deerunt, Flacce, Marones, Mart. 8, 56, 5: summus, id. 12, 4, 1: altisonus, Juv. 11, 180.
Transf., a statue of Virgil, Juv. 7, 227.
Hence,

  1. A. Mă-rōnēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Virgil, Maronian, Virgilian: templum, Stat. S. 4, 4, 55.
  2. B. Mărōnĭā-nus, a, um, adj., Maronian, Virgilian: culex, Stat. S. 2, 7, 74: stilus, Sid. Ep. 8, 1 in carm.

2. Măro, ōnis, m., a mountain in Sicily, near the river Himera, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88 (dub.; Jan., ad Maroneum et Gemellos colles).

3. Măro, ōnis, m., = Μἀρων,

  1. I. the companion and instructor of the youthful Bacchus: terra Thraeca, ubi Liberi fanum inclutum Maro locavit, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, 14 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 170 Vahl.); Fulg. Myth. 2, 15.
  2. II. Transf., v. l. Prop. 3, 30, 14 (al. leg. Anione), as the name of a statue beside a spring, prob. a Silenus (v. Herzb. Com. in Prop. 2, 32, 14).

Marŏbŏdŭus, i, m., Marbod, king of the Suevi, who, being defeated by Arminius and compelled to flee, was hospitably received by Augustus, Vell. 2, 108; Tac. G. 42; id. A. 2, 26; 44; 63.

maron, v. marum.

Mărōnēa or Mărōnīa, ae, f., = Μαρώνεια.

  1. I. A town of Thrace, on the Schœneus, famous for its wine, now Marona, Mel. 2, 2, 8; Liv. 31, 16, 3; 37, 60, 7.
    Hence, Mărōnēus, a, um, adj., of Maronea: vinum, Plin. 14, 4, 6, § 53; Tib. 4, 1, 57.
  2. II. A town of the Samnites, now Campo Marano, Liv. 27, 1, 1.

Marōnēus, a, um.

  1. I. Of or belonging to Virgil; v. Maro, I. A.
  2. II. Of or belonging to the town of Maronea; v. Maronea, I.

Mărōnĭānus, a, um, v. 1. Maro, II. B.

* maronĭon, i, n., a plant, called also Centaurea major, the greater centaury, App. Herb. 34.

Marpessĭus, v. 1. Marpessus.

1. Marpessus or Marpēsus, i, f., = Μάρπησσος (another form of Μάρμησσος v. Marmessus), a town in the Troas, on Mount Ida, home of the Erythrean Sibyl, Varr. ap. Lact. 1, 6, 12.
Hence, adj.: Marpessĭus (-ēsius), a, um, of or belonging to Marpessus in the Troas, Marpessian, Tib. 2, 5, 67 Drisen.

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