Martius
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See also: martius
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- mārtius (alternative case form)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmaːr.ti.us/, [ˈmäːrt̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmar.t͡si.us/, [ˈmärt̪͡s̪ius]
Adjective[edit]
Mārtius (feminine Mārtia, neuter Mārtium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or belonging to Mars, the god of war; sacred to Mars
- (figuratively) warlike, martial
- of or belonging to the planet Mars
- of or pertaining to the month of March, of March, the first month of the traditional Roman year or third month of the Gregorian calendar
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Mārtius | Mārtia | Mārtium | Mārtiī | Mārtiae | Mārtia | |
Genitive | Mārtiī | Mārtiae | Mārtiī | Mārtiōrum | Mārtiārum | Mārtiōrum | |
Dative | Mārtiō | Mārtiō | Mārtiīs | ||||
Accusative | Mārtium | Mārtiam | Mārtium | Mārtiōs | Mārtiās | Mārtia | |
Ablative | Mārtiō | Mārtiā | Mārtiō | Mārtiīs | |||
Vocative | Mārtie | Mārtia | Mārtium | Mārtiī | Mārtiae | Mārtia |
Proper noun[edit]
Mārtius m (genitive Mārtiī or Mārtī); second declension
- The month of March (from mensis Martius).
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Mārtius | Mārtiī |
Genitive | Mārtiī Mārtī1 |
Mārtiōrum |
Dative | Mārtiō | Mārtiīs |
Accusative | Mārtium | Mārtiōs |
Ablative | Mārtiō | Mārtiīs |
Vocative | Mārtī | Mārtiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References[edit]
- “Martius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Martius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers