martius

See also: Martius

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Mārtius (alternative case form)

Etymology[edit]

From the name of the god Mārs.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːr.ti.us/, [ˈmaːr.t̪i.ʊs]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.t͡si.us/

Adjective[edit]

mārtius (feminine mārtia, neuter mārtium); first/second-declension adjective

of March, the first month of the traditional Roman year or third month of the Gregorian calendar
of or belonging to Mars, the god of war
(figurative) warlike, martial

Usage notes[edit]

In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	mārtius	mārtia	mārtium	mārtiī	mārtiae	mārtia
Genitive	mārtiī	mārtiae	mārtiī	mārtiōrum	mārtiārum	mārtiōrum
Dative	mārtiō	mārtiae	mārtiō	mārtiīs
Accusative	mārtium	mārtiam	mārtium	mārtiōs	mārtiās	mārtia
Ablative	mārtiō	mārtiā	mārtiō	mārtiīs
Vocative	mārtie	mārtia	mārtium	mārtiī	mārtiae	mārtia

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Eastern Romance
- Aromanian: martsu
- Romanian: marț
Italo-Dalmatian
- Corsican: marzu
- Italian: marzo
  - → Cimbrian: martzo, maartzo
- Neapolitan: màrzo
- Sicilian: marzu
Old Occitan: [Term?]
- Catalan: març
- Occitan: març
Old French: mars
- Anglo-Norman: marche
  - → Middle English: March, Marche, Mersh, Mearch, Marz, Mars, Marce
    - English: March (see there for further descendants)
    - Scots: Mairch
- Middle French: mars
  - French: mars
    - Haitian Creole: mas
    - → Persian: مارس‎ (Mârs)
- Norman: mar, mâr
- Walloon: måss
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulian: Març
- Ladin: merz
- Romansch: mars, marz
Sardinian: maltu, maltzu, martzu, martu
Venetian: marso
- → Cimbrian: maartzo, martzo
West Iberian
- Navarro-Aragonese: [Term?]
  - Aragonese: marzo
- Old Leonese: [Term?]
  - Asturian: marzu
  - Mirandese: Márcio
- Old Portuguese: março
  - Galician: marzo
  - Portuguese: março
    - Kabuverdianu: marsu
    - → Tetum: marsu
- Old Spanish: [Term?]
  - Ladino: marso
  - Spanish: marzo
    - → Basque: martxo
    - → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: marzo
    - → Tagalog: Marso

Borrowings

→ Albanian: mars
→ Ancient Greek: Μάρτιος (Mártios) (see there for further descendants)
→ Brythonic:
- Middle Breton: meurs
  - Breton: Meurzh
- Cornish: Merth
- Welsh: Mawrth
→ Middle Dutch: maerte
- Dutch: maart
  - Afrikaans: Maart
  - → Indonesian: Maret
  - → Papiamentu: mart
- Limburgish: miert, meert, mieërt
→ Old Georgian: მარტი (marṭi)
- Georgian: მარტი (marṭi)
→ Old High German: merzo, marceo
- Middle High German: merz, merze
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: mèertzo
    
    Mòcheno: merz
  - German: März
    - → Estonian: märts
    - → Hebrew: מרץ‎ (merts)
  - Hunsrik: Merz
  - Luxembourgish: Mäerz
  - Pennsylvania German: Marz, Matz, Maerz
  - Yiddish: מאַרץ‎ (marts)
→ Old Irish: Mart
- Irish: Márta
- Manx: Mayrnt
- Scottish Gaelic: Màrt

Unsorted borrowings

→ Alabama: Màchka
→ Amharic: ማርች (marč)
→ Arabic: مارس‎ (mars)
→ Azerbaijani: mart
→ Danish: marts
→ Dhivehi: މާރޗް‎ (mārc)
→ Faroese: mars
→ Fijian: Maji
→ Gilbertese: Mati
→ Greenlandic: marsi
→ Hebrew: מרס‎ (mars)
→ Hungarian: március
→ Ilocano: marso
→ Icelandic: mars
→ Kannada: ಮಾರ್ಚಿ (mārci)
→ Kongo: marisi
→ Kyrgyz: март (mart)
→ Latvian: marts
→ Lingala: mársi
→ Livonian: märts
→ Low German: März
→ Macedonian: март (mart)
→ Maltese: Marzu
→ Marathi: मार्च (mārca)
→ North Frisian: marts, märts
→ Norwegian: mars
→ Ossetian: мартъи (mart’i)
→ Oriya: ମାର୍ଚ୍ଚ (marccô)
→ Pashto: مارچ‎ (mārč)
→ Polish: marzec
→ Samoan: mati
→ Saterland Frisian: Meerte
→ Serbo-Croatian: март / mart
→ Sinhalese: මාර්තු (mārtu)
→ Slovak: marec
→ Slovene: marec
→ Swedish: mars
→ Tahitian: māti
→ Tamil: மார்ச் (mārc)
→ Tatar: mart, март (mart)
→ Telugu: మార్చి (mārci)
→ Turkish: mart
→ Upper Sorbian: měrc
→ Urdu: مارچ‎ (mārc)
→ Uzbek: mart
→ West Frisian: maart
→ Zazaki: mert

References[edit]

martius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)