Marsi

See also: marsi and marŝi

English

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Mārsī.

Noun

Marsi pl (plural only) (historical)

1. An ancient tribe who inhabited a region in central Italy, around the basin of the lake Fucinus.

Derived terms

• Marsian

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin Marsī.

Noun

Marsi pl (plural only) (historical)

1. A small Germanic tribe settled between the Rhine, Ruhr and Lippe rivers in northwest Germany.

Latin

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmaːr.siː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmar.si]

Proper noun

Mārsī m pl (genitive Mārsōrum); second declension

1. An ancient tribe who inhabited a region in central Italy, around the basin of the lake Fucinus.
2. (Medieval Latin) enchanters, sorcerers, magicians
   • 1922 (c. 700), Richard Jente, Die mythologischen Ausdrücke im altenglischen Wortschatz, Heidelberg: C. Winter, page 285:

     marsi, magi dryas, (dry)lice inguleres (l. -as) Hpt. Gl. 510, 25; An. Ox. 4476; marsi, drias 2, 338.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Mārsī
genitive	Mārsōrum
dative	Mārsīs
accusative	Mārsōs
ablative	Mārsīs
vocative	Mārsī

Derived terms

• Marsicus

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *marsiz.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmar.siː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmar.si]

Proper noun

Marsī m pl (genitive Marsōrum); second declension

1. A small Germanic tribe settled between the Rhine, Ruhr and Lippe rivers in northwest Germany.

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Marsī
genitive	Marsōrum
dative	Marsīs
accusative	Marsōs
ablative	Marsīs
vocative	Marsī

References

• Harm Pinkster, editor (2018), “Marsi”, in Woordenboek Latijn/Nederlands‎^[1], 7th revised edition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC
• “Marsi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Marsi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Marsi”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.