Martius

See also: martius

Latin

Alternative forms

• mārtius (alternative case form)

Etymology

Mārs +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːr.ti.us/, [ˈmäːrt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.t͡si.us/, [ˈmärt̪͡s̪ius]

Adjective

Mārtius (feminine Mārtia, neuter Mārtium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or belonging to Mars, the god of war; sacred to Mars
2. (figuratively) warlike, martial
3. of or belonging to the planet Mars
4. 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

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

Mārtius m (genitive Mārtiī or Mārtī); second declension

1. The month of March (from mensis Martius).

Declension

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

• “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