Mavors
οἵτινες πόλιν μίαν λαβόντες εὐρυπρωκτότεροι πολύ τῆς πόλεος ἀπεχώρησαν ἧς εἷλον τότε → after taking a single city they returned home, with arses much wider than the city they captured
Latin > English
Mavors Mavortis N M :: Mars, Roman god of war; warlike spirit, fighting, battle, army, force of arms
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Māvors: 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.
I 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.—
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Māvors,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.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) Māvors1, vortis, m. = Mars, I) eig., der Gott Mars (s. Mārsno. I), Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 67. Verg. Aen. 8, 630 u.a. Dichter. – M. pater, Val. Flacc. 6, 178: genitor M., Ov. fast. 4, 828: urbs Mavortis, von Rom, Verg. Aen. 6, 872: puer Iliae Mavortisque, von Romulus, Hor. carm. 4, 8, 23. – II) meton., Krieg, Auson. edyll. 4, 64. p. 38 Schenkl. – Dav. Māvortius, a, um, martisch, d.i. a) zu Mars gehörig, moenia, Rom, Verg.: tellus, Thrazien, Verg.: proles, die Thebaner, weil sie aus den Zähnen der Schlange, die dem Mars heilig, entstanden waren, Ov. – subst., Māvortius, Meleager, weil er für den Sohn des Mars gehalten wurde, Ov. met. 8, 437: u. Mars selbst, Petron. poët. 124 v. 261. – b) meton., zum Kriege gehörig, kriegerisch, Val. Flacc. u. Stat.: Mavortius Hector, Epit. Iliad. 800.
