martius

See also: Martius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mārtius (alternative case form)

Etymology

From the name of the god Mārs.

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. Alternative form of Mārtius

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

Related terms

• Mārs
• mārtiālis

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: martsu
  • Romanian: marț
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: marzu
  • Italian: marzo (see there for further descendants)
  • Neapolitan: màrzo
  • Sicilian: marzu
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: Març
  • Ladin: merz
  • Romansch: mars, marz
  • Venetian: marso
    • → Cimbrian: maartzo, martzo
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: març
  • Franco-Provençal: mârs
  • Old French: mars (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: març
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: marzo
  • Asturian: marzu
  • Mirandese: Márcio
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: março (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Spanish: março
    • Ladino: marso
    • Spanish: marzo (see there for further descendants)
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: maltu, maltzu, martzu, martu

Borrowings:

• → Albanian: mars
• → Ancient Greek: Μάρτιος (Mártios) (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Brythonic:
  • Middle Breton: meurs
    • Breton: Meurzh
  • Cornish: Merth
  • Welsh: Mawrth
• → Middle Dutch: maerte
  • Dutch: maart
    • Afrikaans: Maart
    • Jersey Dutch: Mêrt
    • Negerhollands: maert
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: maart
    • → Indonesian: Maret
    • → Papiamentu: mart, maart
  • 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, Märze, Merz, Merze
      • → 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)
• → Odia: 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

See also

• Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• martius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)