Marius

Latin > English

Marius Mari N M :: Marius; (Roman gens name); (C. Marius, consul around 100 BC)
Marius Marius Maria, Marium ADJ :: Marius, Roman gens; (C. Marius, consul around 100 BC)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mărĭus: i, m.,
I the name of a Roman gens.
   1    The most celebrated is C. Marius, the conqueror of Jugurtha, and seven times consul, Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 7; id. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60; Sall. C. 59, 3; id. J. 46 sqq.; as a friend of the popular party, his name is used as an appellative: Caesari multos Marios inesse, Cæsar had many Mariuses in him, Sulla ap. Suet. Caes. 1 fin.—
   2    M. Marius Gratidianus, Cic. Brut. 45, 168; 62, 224; id. Leg. 3, 16, 36; id. Off. 3, 20, 80; Sen. de Ira, 3, 18; Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 132.—
   3    Marius Priscus, proconsul in Africa, tried for extortion, A. D. 100, Plin. Ep. 2, 11; Juv. 1, 49; 8, 120. —
   4    Marius Victorinus, a rhetorician and grammarian, a native of Africa, in the middle of the fourth century of the Christian era. —Hence,
   A Mărĭus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to C. Marius, Marian: lex, Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 38.—
   B Mărĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to C. Marius, Marian: Mariani consulatus, Cic. Brut. 47, 175: scutum Cimbricum, id. de Or. 2, 66, 266: quercus, id. Leg. 1, 1, 1: tribunus plebis, id. Agr. 3, 2, 7: Mariana et Sullana tempestas, Flor. 3, 12, 11: Mariana et Cinnana rabies, id. 4, 2, 2.—Subst.: Mărĭāna, ae, f., a Roman colony on the eastern coast of Corsica, founded by C. Marius, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 80; Mel. 2, 7, 19.—Plur. subst.: Mărĭ-āni, ōrum, m., another name of the Cernetari in Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Mărĭus,⁸ ĭī, m., nom d’une famille romaine ; not^t C. Marius, d’Arpinum, vainqueur de Jugurtha et des Cimbres, rival de Sylla : Cic. Phil. 8, 7 ; Sall. C. 59, 3 || -ĭus, a, um, de Marius : Cic. Leg. 3, 38.

Latin > German (Georges)

Marius, a, um, Name einer röm. gens, aus der am bekanntesten C. Marius, Nebenbuhler Sullas, Sieger über Jugurtha und die Zimbern u. Teutonen, siebenmal Konsul, Vertreter der Volkspartei in Rom, Cic. Phil. 8, 7; de imp. Pomp. 60. Sall. Cat. 59, 3; Iug. 46 sqq.: dah. appellat. für den, der die Sucht, sich durch die Volkspartei zu heben, im höchsten Grade besitzt, Caesari multos Marios inesse, Suet. Caes. 1, 3. – Adi. marisch, lex, des genannten C. Marius, Cic. – Mariānus, a, um, marianisch, des C. Marius, consulatus, Cic.: ebenso bella, Flor.