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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Māvors</b>: vortis, m. from mah, magh, to [[cut]]; Gr. [[μάχη]], [[μάχαιρα]], and vor, [[root]] of vortere; i. e. the turner of the [[battle]], old and poetic [[name]] for [[Mars]] (q. v.), the [[god]] of [[war]], etc.<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: [[urbs]] Mavortis, i. e. [[Rome]], Verg. A. 6, 872; 8, 630; 12, 179; Cic. N. D. 2, 26; 3, 24; Luc. 7, 569: [[Mavors]] [[pater]], Val. Fl. 6, 178: [[genitor]] [[Mavors]], Ov. F. 4, 828: Iliae Mavortisque [[puer]], i. e. [[Romulus]], Hor. C. 4, 8, 23.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[war]], [[battle]]: civili Mavorte, Aus Idyll. 4, 65.— Hence, Māvortius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Mavors]] or [[Mars]] ([[poet]].): [[moenia]], i. e. [[Rome]], Verg. A. 1, 276: [[tellus]], i. e. [[Thrace]], id. G. 4, 462: conjux, i. e. [[Venus]], Val. Fl. 2, 208: [[proles]], i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.: [[seges]] Mavortia belli, the [[armed]] men [[that]] sprang up [[where]] the [[dragon]]'s teeth were [[sown]], Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—As subst.: Māvortius, i, m., [[Meleager]], [[son]] of [[Mavors]], Ov M. 8, 437; cf. Hyg. Fab. 471; [[but]] of [[Mars]], Petr. poët. 124, v. 261; Inscr. Grut. 57, 1.—Transf., of or belonging to [[war]], [[warlike]], [[martial]]: [[Amazon]], Val. Fl. 5, 90: [[tela]], Stat. Ach. 1, 626: vulnera, Grat. Cyn. 344.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Māvors</b>,¹⁴ [[tis]], m., arch. et poét. = [[Mars]], la guerre : Cic. Nat. 2, 67 ; Virg. En. 8, 630 ; Hor. O. 4, 8, 23 || guerre, combat : Aus. Idyll. 4, 65.
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