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|lshtext=<b>mărītus</b>: a, um, adj. mas,<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to [[marriage]], matrimonial, [[conjugal]], [[nuptial]], [[marriage]]-.<br /><b>I</b> Adj. (so [[mostly]] [[poet]].; not in Cic.).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: facibus cessit maritis, to the [[nuptial]] torches, to [[wedlock]], Prop. 4 (5), 11, 33: faces, Ov. H. 11, 101: [[foedus]], the [[conjugal]] [[tie]], id. P. 3, 1, 73: tori, id. H. 2, 41: sacra, Prop. 3, 20, 26 (4, 20, 16); Ov. H. 12, 87: [[Venus]], wedded [[love]], id. ib. 16, 283; cf.: [[fides]], [[conjugal]] [[fidelity]], Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11: lex, [[respecting]] [[marriage]], a [[marriage]]-[[law]] (de maritandis ordinibus, Suet. Aug. 34), Hor. C. S. 20.—In [[prose]]: vagabatur per maritas domos [[dies]] noctesque, i. e. the houses of married [[people]], Liv. 27, 31, 5 Drak.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of plants, wedded, i. e. tied up (cf. [[marito]], II. B.): arbores, [[Cato]], R. R. 32, 2; Col. 11, 2, 32: ulmo conjuncta [[marito]] (sc. [[vitis]]), Cat. 62, 54; Quint. 8, 3, 8: [[olivetum]], Col. 3, 11, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Impregnating, fertilizing (in postclass. [[poetry]]): [[fluctus]] (Nili), Avien. Perieg. 339: imbres, Pervigil. Ven. 4, 11.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> mărītus, i, m., a married [[man]], [[husband]] (freq. and [[class]].; cf. conjux, vir): ditis damnosos maritos sub [[basilica]] [[quaerito]], Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10: ut [[maritus]] sis [[quam]] optimae (mulieris), Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: sororis, id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; Liv. 1, 57, 10; Quint. 6, 2, 14; 3, 11, 4; Suet. Caes. 43; 52; 81; Tac. A. 1, 5; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 1; 2, 20, 2; Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 1; Just. 1, 7, 19; Val Max. 8, 2, 14; Gell. 1, 17 et saep.: insidian iem somno maritorum, Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26: quae major [[calumnia]] est [[quam]] venire imberbum adulescentem, [[bene]] valentem ac maritum, id. Dom. 14, 37; Liv. 36, 17, 8; opp. [[coelebs]]: seu maritum [[sive]] coelibem scortarier, Plaut. Merc. 5, 14, 58; id. Cas. 2, 4, 11 sq.; Quint. 5, 10, 26; Sen. Ep. 94, 8; Gell. 2, 15: [[bonus]] optandusque [[maritus]], Juv. 6, 211: [[malus]] ingratusque [[maritus]], id. 7, 169: mariti [[testamentum]], Quint. 9, 2, 73: [[patrius]], Verg. A. 3, 297: Phrygio servire [[marito]], id. ib. 4, 103: unico [[gaudens]] [[mulier]] [[marito]], Hor. C. 3, 14, 5: [[novus]], a [[newly]]-married [[man]], a [[young]] [[husband]], Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 6: [[intra]] [[quartum]] et vicesimum annum [[maritus]], Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 3: [[recens]], id. ib. 8, 23, 8: ut juveni [[primum]] [[virgo]] deducta [[marito]], Tib. 3, 4, 31: lex Bithynorum, si [[quid]] [[mulier]] contrahat, maritum auctorem esse jubet, Gai. Inst. 1, 193: si [[maritus]] pro muliere se obligaverit, Ulp. Fragm. 11, 3: [[maritus]] lugendus [[decem]] mensibus, Plaut. Sent. 1, 21, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[lover]], [[suitor]] ([[poet]].), Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 10: aegram ([[Dido]]) nulli [[quondam]] flexere mariti, Verg. A. 4, 35.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of animals: ol ens [[maritus]], i. e. a he-[[goat]], Hor. C. 1, 17, 7: quem pecori dixere maritum, Verg. G. 3, 125; so, gregum, Col. 7, 6, 4; of cocks, id. 8, 5 fin.; Juv. 3, 91.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In plur.: mă-rīti, ōrum, m., married [[people]], [[man]] and [[wife]] ([[post]]-[[class]].), Dig. 24, 1, 52 fin.: [[novi]] mariti, [[newly]]-married [[people]], a [[young]] [[couple]], App. M. 8, p. 201, 36.—<br /><b>III</b> mărīta, ae, f., a married [[woman]], [[wife]] ([[poet]]. and postclass.): [[marita]], Hor. Epod. 8, 13: castae maritae, Ov. F. 2, 139; id. H. 12, 175; Inscr. Orell. 2665; Inscr. Fabr. 299 al.; and freq. on epitaphs.<br /><b>mărītus</b>: i, v. 1. [[maritus]], II. A.
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|gf=(1) <b>mărītus</b>,¹² a, um ([[mas]]),<br /><b>1</b> de mariage, conjugal, nuptial : Prop. 4, 11, 33 ; Ov. H. 11, 101 ; [[marita]] [[lex]] Hor. Sæc. 20, loi d’Auguste sur le mariage<br /><b>2</b> [[uni]], marié à la vigne [en parl. des arbres] : [[Cato]] Agr. 32, 2 ; Col. Rust. 11, 2, 32 ; Catul. 62, 54<br /><b>3</b> qui féconde, fécondant : Avien. Perieg. 340.<br />(2) <b>mărītus</b>,⁸ ī, m., mari, époux : Cic. Inv. 1, 52 ; Cat. 1, 26 ; Liv. 1, 57, 10 ; Quint. 6, 2, 14 || mariti, les époux [le mari et la femme] : Papin. 24, 1, 52 || prétendant, fiancé : Virg. En. 4, 35 ; Prop. 2, 21, 10 || [en parl. des animaux] le mâle : Virg. G. 3, 125 ; Hor. O. 1, 17, 7 ; Col. Rust. 7, 6, 4.
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