martius
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See also: Martius
Contents
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the name of the god Mārs.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mārtius (feminine mārtia, neuter mārtium); first/second declension
- 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
- (figuratively) 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.
Inflection[edit]
| 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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Albanian: mars
- Arabic: مارس (mars)
- Aromanian: martsu
- Asturian: marzu
- Bulgarian: март (mart)
- Catalan: març
- Corsican: marzu
- Danish: marts
- Dutch: maart
- English: March
- Estonian: märts
- French: mars
- Friulian: Març
- Galician: marzo
- German: März
- Hungarian: március
- Icelandic: mars
- Irish: Márta
- Italian: marzo
- Ladin: merz
- Ladino: marso
- Limburgish: miert
- Macedonian: март (mart)
- Livonian: märts
See also[edit]
Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References[edit]
- du Cange, Charles (1883), “martius”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
