maritus

Brunei Malay

Alternative forms

• meritus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maritus/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧tus

Noun

maritus

1. pili, edible nut of the tropical tree Canarium ovatum

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps related with mās (“male, a male”). According to de Vaan from Proto-Indo-European *morei-, *mori- or *morih₂- (“young woman”), developing into a pre-Italic *mārī-, with possessive *-to-. Compare Welsh morwyn (“girl, maiden”) (< Proto-Celtic *moreinā-), Welsh merch (“daughter”) (< Proto-Celtic *merkā), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “boy, girl”), Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”), Bactrian μαρηγο (marēgo, “servant”) (< Proto-Indo-European *meri̯o-), Lithuanian merga (“girl”) (< Proto-Indo-European *mergh-eh₂-), Lithuanian marti (“daughter-in-law”) (< Proto-Indo-European *mor-t-iH-).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maˈriː.tus/, [mäˈriːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈri.tus/, [mäˈriːt̪us]

Adjective

marītus (feminine marīta, neuter marītum); first/second-declension adjective

1. marital, matrimonial, conjugal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	marītus	marīta	marītum		marītī	marītae	marīta
Genitive	marītī	marītae	marītī		marītōrum	marītārum	marītōrum
Dative	marītō		marītō		marītīs
Accusative	marītum	marītam	marītum		marītōs	marītās	marīta
Ablative	marītō	marītā	marītō		marītīs
Vocative	marīte	marīta	marītum		marītī	marītae	marīta

Noun

marītus m (genitive marītī, feminine marīta); second declension

1. husband, married man

   Synonyms: coniūnx, vir

   Antonyms: marīta, uxor, nūpta, mulier

2. (poetic) lover
3. (of animals) male

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	marītus	marītī
Genitive	marītī	marītōrum
Dative	marītō	marītīs
Accusative	marītum	marītōs
Ablative	marītō	marītīs
Vocative	marīte	marītī

Descendants

• Aragonese: mariu
• Aromanian: mãrit
• Asturian: maríu
• Catalan: marit
• Corsican: maritu
• Dalmatian: marait
• Extremaduran: mariu
• French: mari
• Friulian: marît
• Galician: marido
• Istriot: mareî
• Italian: marito
• Leonese: maríu
• Ligurian: màio, marîo
• Middle English: mariet
• Occitan: marit
• Old French: mari
• Portuguese: marido
• Romanian: mărit
• Sardinian: madiru
• Sassarese: mariddu
• Sicilian: maritu
• Spanish: marido
• Tarantino: marite
• Venetian: marìo

Related terms

• marītālis
• marītō

References

• “maritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.