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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mās</b>: măris (n. [[mare]], [[rare]];<br /><b>I</b> gen. plur marium, Cic. Part. Or. 10, 35; Mel. 3, 9, 5), adj. prob. from Sanscr. [[root]] [[man]], [[think]]; [[manus]], [[man]], [[human]] [[being]]; cf.: [[memini]], [[moneo]], etc., [[male]], [[masculine]], of the [[male]] [[sex]]: [[mare]] et femineum [[sexus]], App. de Mund. p. 66 med.: maribus (sc. diis), Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29: si marem (anguem) emisisset ... si feminam, etc., id. Div. 1, 18, 36; id. Part. Or. 10; so, [[emissio]] maris [[anguis]] (opp. [[emissio]] feminae [[anguis]]), id. Div. 2, 29, 62: mas [[vitellus]], a [[male]] [[yolk]], i. e. [[which]] would [[produce]] a [[male]] [[chick]], Hor. S. 2, 4, 14.—Of plants: ure mares oleas, Ov. F. 4, 741.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[masculine]], [[manly]], [[brave]] ([[poet]].): [[quod]] mares homines amant, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 32: maribus Curiis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 64: animi, id. A. P. 402: [[male]] mas, [[unmanly]], [[effeminate]], Cat. 16, 13: [[atque]] marem strepitum [[fidis]] intendisse [[Latinae]], i. e. a [[manly]], [[noble]] [[strain]], Pers. 6, 4.—As subst.: mās, māris, a [[male]] (opp. [[femina]],<br /> v. [[infra]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit., of gods, [[human]] beings, and animals: [[congressio]] maris et feminae, Cic. Rep. 1, 24, 38: et mares deos et feminas esse dicitis, id. N. D. 1, 34, 95: (bestiarum) aliae mares, aliae feminae sunt ... et in [[mare]] et in [[femina]], etc., id. ib. 2, 51, 128; cf.: feminaque ut maribus conjungi possit, Lucr. 5, 853: marium [[expers]], Suet. Claud. 33; so, marium pignora, id. Aug. 21 Oud. N. cr.: [[stuprum]] in maribus, Quint. 11, 1, 84: vos tollite laudibus, mares, Delon Apollinis, Hor. C. 1, 21, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., of plants: in [[tilia]] mas et [[femina]] differunt omni [[modo]]: [[namque]] et [[materies]] dura ac nodosa, etc., Plin. 16, 14, 25, § 65: cognati [[virilis]] [[sexus]], per mares descendentes, Ulp. Fragm. 26, 1.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>mās</b>,¹¹ măris, m., mâle : Cic. Rep. 1, 38 ; Nat. 1, 95 ; 2, 128 ; [[emissio]] [[maris]] [[anguis]] Cic. Div. 2, 62, le fait de laisser échapper le serpent mâle ; [[mas]] [[vitellus]] Hor. S. 2, 4, 14, jaune d’œuf mâle [= devant produire un mâle] ; mares oleæ Ov. F. 4, 741, olives mâles || [fig.] mâle, viril : mares [[Curii]] Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 64, les mâles [[Curius]] ; mares animi Hor. P. 402, les mâles courages ; [[male]] [[mas]] Catul. 16, 13, mou, efféminé ; marem strepitum [[fidis]] latinæ intendere Pers. 6, 4, faire retentir [sur la corde tendue] les mâles accents de la lyre latine. gén. pl. habituel [[marium]] Cic. Part. 35.
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