MAR 
MAR 
MAR 
mi, scribe, clerk, amanuensis. — Pandect. 
Brevi maim, immediately, without delay. 
Id. Longa manu, slowly. — Apul. Artis 
totius maims, every trick and (qdifice. 
- If Also, power. Cic. Htec^ion 
sunt in manu nostra. Hence, Manu 
mittere (see Manianitto), or, Plant, and 
Sueton. emittere (of a father freeing 
his son from his authority), to emanci¬ 
pate, to free. Cic. Convenire in ma¬ 
nual, to marry, properly, to pass into the 
power of a husband. - if Manus is 
also applied to the work or labor of an 
artist or any other person. Quintil. Mar¬ 
mora deformata prima manu, rough- 
hewn. Cic. Extrema marms non ac- 
cessit ejus operibus, the finishing stroke, 
last finish. So, also, Scncc. Suinma ma- 
nus. Hence, Odd. Aptius a suinma 
conspiciare manus, h. e. after having 
completed your dressing. — Manus pre- 
tium, money paid for the making of any 
thing. (See Manupretxum .)-If When 
applied to the arts, it signifies, also, not 
only what a person icritcs, paints , carves , 
&c. but also his manner of writing, 
painting, carving, Sec. Hence, hand¬ 
writing, character, workmanship, style. 
Cic. Alexidis manum amabam. Id. li- 
brarii. Id. Redii ad meam manum. 
Id. alia. Pandect. Manum emittere, to 
give a bond in one’s own hand-writing. 
Martial. Manus Praxitelis, a work of art 
by Praxiteles. Virg. Artificum manus 
miratur. — Hence, a building. Cic 
Top. -IT Also, an armed force, army. 
Cic. and Nep. Also, a body, number, 
multitude, troop, band of men. Cic. bo 
norum. Id. Judceorum. Id. conjura- 
torum. Id. Manum facere, to collect, 
raise, assemble. Id. e Sophocle. Manus 
bicorpor, li. e. Centauri. — fn general, 
men or workmen. Virg. JEn. 11, 329. 
-IT Also, a throw in a game at dice. 
Sueton. Q,uas manus remisi, h. e. the 
sums gained by throws at dice. - IT In 
the art of fencing and boxing, a thrust, 
cut, stroke, blow. Quintil. prima, sectm- 
da, tertia. Id. Manum exigere, to hit. 
-IT Any thing resembling a hand in 
its form or use. Hence, the trunk or 
proboscis of an elephant. Cic. Also, the 
fore-feet of a bear. Plin. Also, the 
branches of a tree. Stat. — Manu, for 
manui. Prop. 
MXNOTIGIUM (manus & tango), ii, n. a 
3 a soft or gentle touch of the hand, %£i- 
paipin- Cad. Aurel. 
MANZER, or MANSER (Hebr.), eris, spu- 
3 rious, bastard. Sedul. 
MXPALE (a Punic word), is, n. a lent, a 
sort of portable hut or cottage, which the 
Numidians used to carnj along with them 
on wagons, when they changed their place 
' of residence to go in quest of fresh pasture 
for the numerous cattle which they tended. 
Virg. and Liv. — Hence, a small, low 
building, a cottage. Val. Place. —■ Ma- 
palia, villages, hamlets, in opposition to 
towns. Sullust. 
MAPPX (a Punic word, according to 
2 QuintU. 1, 5, 57.), te, f. a table napkin, 
6$6vq. Horat. and Mart. — Each guest 
brought with him, from home, such a 
napkin or cloth, which he used in time 
of eating, to wipe his mouth and hands; 
and sometimes they used to put some 
part of the entertainment into the map- 
pa, and give it to their slaves to carry 
home.-IT Also, a white cloth, which 
the magistrate, who presided at the public 
games, used to drop as a signal for be 
ginning the chariot races. Sueton. This 
signal was given either by the consul. 
Ed n. ap. Cic., or by the prtetor, Liv. 
MAPPOLX (mappa), te, f. a small napkin, 
3 Hieronym. 
MXRXTIIe, es, f. an island near Corfu. 
Plin. — Hence, Marathenus, a, urn. 
Cic. 
MXRXTHoN (MapaS’d)!'), Cnis, m. a plain 
or country in Atica, probably with a town 
of the same name, famous fur Miltiades’s 
victory over the Persians. Jfep. — Also, 
fern. <ren. Ovid. Met. 7 , 434, where, 
probably, the town is meant. 
IT Hence, Marathonlus, a, um, of orhe- 
longing to Marathon, Maratlionian. Cic 
pugna. —Also, Athenian, Sit. -IT Ma- 
rathonis, Idis, f. Marathonian. Stat. 
MARXTHRUM (papa^pov), i, n. or MX- 
RXTIIROS, i, m. fennel (Anethum feeni- 
culum, L.). Ovid, and Plin. — Hence, 
Marathrltes, as, m. Colum. vinum, wine 
in which fennel is infused. 
MARCeLLeUS (Mareellus), a, um, adj. 
of or relating to Mareellus. — Marcellea, 
orum, n. a festival of the Syracusans, 
celebrated in honor of M. Claudius Mar- 
cdlus. 
MaRCeLLTaNOS (Id.), a,um, adj. called 
after Mareellus. Sueton. theatrum. 
MARCELLOS, i, m. the name of a family 
of the gens Claudia. Claudius Mareellus, 
when consul, was an enemy of Ciesar’s, 
and proposed the decree de revocando 
Ciesare. 
MaRCES (unc.), es, ui, n. 2. to wither, 
% shrink, shrivel. Martial. — Figur. to be 
faint, languid, weak, feeble, decayed, dull, 
indolent, lazy, drowsy, as from old age. 
Ovid. From gluttony, drunkenness, 
&c. Herat. Potor marcens. Liv. Luxu- 
ria marcent. Cels. Marcet animus. 
Tacit. Pax marcens. Sil. Senex mar- 
centibus annis. 
MaRCeSCS (marceo), is, n. 3. to become 
2 withered, shrink, pine away, droop, de¬ 
cay, fade, papaivopat. Vitruv. and 
Plin. — Figur. to languish; to grow 
dull, feeble, or weak, as from old age, 
Plin. From excess in eating and drink¬ 
ing, Ovid. From inactivity or idleness, 
Liv. From disease, Colum. 
MARCIANOS (Marcius), a, um, adject. 
Marcian, h. e. originating or proceeding 
from, or called after the soothsayer, Mar¬ 
cius. Liv. carmina; or, Cic. feedus, 
made by\hc centurion Marcius with the 
inhabitants of Gades ; or, Capitol, soda- 
les, the priests who performed the sacred 
rites instituted in honor of the emperor 
Marcus. 
MARCIDOLOS (marcidus), a, um, adj. 
3 somewhat faint or languid. Mart. Capell. 
MARCIDuS (marceo), a, um, adj. withcr- 
2 ed, faded, shrunk. Ovid, lilia. Plin. 
aures. — Hence, brittle, rotten. Vi¬ 
truv. asseres. — Also, languid, weak, 
feeble, enervated, dull, heavy, inactive, 
drowsy, besotted, as from excess in eat¬ 
ing, drinking, sleeping. Tacit, somno 
aut libidinosis vigiliis. — Also, amo¬ 
rous, lascivious, coquettish. Apul. oculi. 
MARCIoN, onis, in. a heretic in the second 
century .—Hence, Marcionensis, e. Ter- 
tull. — Marcionita, te, m. Pandect. 
dens. 
MARCIPSR, oris, m. h. e. Marci puer, 
the slave of Marcus. Plin. 
MARCIOS, a, um, the name of a Roman 
gens. — Adj. Marcian. Plin. aqua, con¬ 
ducted to Rome by the king Aliens Mar¬ 
cius, and aftcricards by Q.. Marcius Rex. 
IAv. saltus, in Liguria, so called from the 
defeat of the consul Q.. Marcius. — Snbst. 
as, Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of 
Rome. Liv. Marcus, a soothsayer, or, 
rather, two brothers of that name, cele¬ 
brated as soothsayers. Cic. 
MARCOMXNi, or MaRCSMANNi, orum, 
m. a nation in Germany, living at first on 
the river Rhine, and afterwards in Bohe¬ 
mia. Stat. and Tacit. 
MARCSMXNIX, or MARCSMaNNIX, te, 
f. the country of the Marcomanni. Capitol , 
MARCOMXNICOS, or MaRCOMaNNI 
COS (Marcomannus), a, um, adj. Mar- 
comannian, belonging or relating to the 
Marcomanni. Eutrop. 
MARC6R (marceo), oris, m. a being with- 
2 ered or faded. Hence, rottenness, putre¬ 
faction, corruption, brittleness. Plin. 
panni. — Also, languor, laziness, inac¬ 
tivity, heaviness, sloth, torpor, drowsiness, 
sleepiness. Cels .—Figur. Scnec. segetum. 
MARCOLeNTOS (marcor), a, um, adj. 
3 same as Marcidus. Fulgent. 
MARCOLOS (marcus), i, m. a little ham- 
2 mer; also, a hammer. Martial. — Martu- 
lus, in the same sense, is found in Plin. 
MARCOS (for maricus, from mas), i, m. 
a Roman pramomen, commonly written M. 
as, M. Cicero. — Also, a hammer. Isidor. 
MXRE (from the Celtic word mor, sea), 
is, n. the sea, its opposite being the 
land. Cic. Mare transire. Virg. Mare 
sulcare. Ilorat. Per mare currere, to 
navigate. Virg. Ire mari. Cic. Ingre- 
di mare, to go to sea. -IT Mare is some¬ 
times put for places in the sea or isl 
auds. Tacit. Mare plenum exsiliis. — 
522 
J Yep. mari, at sea. — Cic. Terra mnrique, 
both by sea and by land. — Cws. Nostrum 
mare, li. e. the Mediterranean. Cic. su- 
perum, h. e. the gulf of Venice. Id. infe. 
rum, the Tuscan sea. Cais. conclusurn, 
a confined sea, as the Mediterranean, op¬ 
posed to the ocean. Cic. clausum, h. e. 
not navigable. — Cces. and Tacit. Mare 
Ocean us. — Catull., Tibull. and Ovid. 
E mari natus, or inare te genuit, of a 
hard-hearted person. — Virg. Mare ccelo 
miscere, to mix heaven andrearth, h. e. to 
excite a dreadful storm. Figur. Juvenal. 
— Sallust. Polliceri maria et montes. to 
promise whole seas and mountains, of one 
who pledges himself to do more than 
he can perform. — Ovid. In mare fim- 
dere aquam, to carry water to the sea-side, 
li. e. to give something to a person that 
has abundance. — Maris pontus, for 
mare. Virg. Ecce maiis niagna clau- 
dit nos obice pontus.-IT Also, sea¬ 
water, salt-water. Plin. Vinum mari 
condire (to make it more palatable, im¬ 
prove it). Horat. Chium (vinum) maria 
expers, h. e. not mixed with sea-water. 
-IT Also, the color of the sea. Plin. 
- IT Also, figur. Lucret. Mare aeris, 
the expanse of air. -IT The ablat. ma¬ 
re, for mari, occurs in Lucret. and Ovid. 
— The genit. plur. marum is found in 
fiTcev. 
MXREX, se, f. a lake {and near it, a town) 
in Egypt, which was also called Mareotis, 
and seems to comprehend a great part of 
Marmarica. — Hence, Mareotis, Idis 
and Idos, f. belonging to it. Plin. Libya, 
and, Id. Mareotis, the country around it. 
Curt, palus, and Lucan. Mareotis, by 
itself, the lake above mentioned. Virg 
vitis (for its neighborhood was famous for 
wine). — And Mareoticus, a, um, Marc- 
otic, or Egyptian. Colum. vitis. Horat. 
Mareoticum (vinum). Martial labor, 
the Egyptian pyramids. — Mareotes, or 
Maredta, te ; plur. Mareotte, the inhabit¬ 
ants of Mareotis Plin. 
MARGX (unc.), te, f. marl. Plin 
MARGXRIS (papyapoy), Idis, f. resem¬ 
bling a pearl. A kind of dates was 
called so. Plin. 13, 9. , 
MARGXRITX (papyapirns), f- antl 
MARGXRITUM, l, n. a pearl. Cic. 
MARGXRITARIOS (margarita), a, um, 
3 adj. being occupied about pearls, dealing 
in pearls. P. Victor. porticus. 
MARGXRTTATOS (Id.), a, um, adject. 
3 adorned or set with pearls, pearled, hoi- 
tunat. . . , , „ 
MARGXRITIFER (margarita & fero), a, 
2 um, adj. producing pearls. Pan. con- 
MARGARITUM. SeeJRorvanta. 
MaRGIaNe, es, or MaRGIaNA, ®, f. 
count.rif near the Caspian jea. 
MARGINS (margo), as, avi, atum, ■ 
2 to make a border or margin. Liv. vim, 
h. c. to raise foot-paths on each side of the 
road. Plin. Tabuloe margimue. 
MARCS (unc.), Inis, m. and f ■ < V , 
2 brim, bank, margin, edge,ford », c J 
extremity, frontier. Varr.ti ummv 
conchie. Id. ulceris. Val. Ma, agn. 
Plin. imperii. t 
MXltlX, and MXRlX, a>, f. « « me 0J 
3 many females. Prudent. 
MXRI ANDyNI (Maptavjwot), 
nation in Bithynia. He > 
nus, a, um, adj. pertaining to the sav 
Plin. sinus. . a(li 0 f be- 
MXRIaNOS (Harms), 
. /*”■>”• *”■ 
M1ETC1, »,f. 
longing to the town rf 
the river Liris, where her ; ceJ 
consecrated to her; the lake rear it a 
its name from her. Horn- o - t ,, esra , 
MXRINOS (mare), a, um, a humor 
living in the sea, m • ^ e marl 
sea-water. Horat. M > p an ,i cc t. n»- 
orta. Id. ros, rosemauj. V 
ves, sea-ships. „ f. o in™ 
MXRTSCX (mas, man?), Cotu m ; 
of lo-rge, 
- if Also, a “ n “^ARISCUM (Id-). 
MAR I SC OS 
i, n. a kind of bulrush- ttOT , 
MXRITX, ffi. See Marita -, > ^ or 
MXRITALIS (mantus), e, J 
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