Marsian

marsian English Etymology From en Marsi an.n. and adj. 1 5849261316 Adjective - Of or relating to the Marsi. en Belisarius, by Marmontel; and Numa Pompilius, by Florian. With a Biographical Introduction. London 1824 223 To this signal honour many warriors aspired. Among these was distinguished the valiant Aulon, a descendant of Cacus, who, instead of a sword or javelin, carried an axe of such an enormous magnitude, that no one among the Marsi, except himself, could wield; Pentheus also, who was equally active in the practice of war, and who numbered among his ancestors the unfortunate Marsias, the father of the Marsian people; en w:E. H. Warmington Remains of Old Latin 1940 1959 59 Caso Cantovios Aprufclanos [set up] pillars at the Esalican boundary in the city Casontonia; and his allies brought a sacred gift to Angitia on behalf of Marsian legions. en J. N. Adams The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC–AD 600 w:Cambridge University Press 2007 214 The Marsi attracted some notice. A term from this region was consiligo: Col. 6.5.3 praesens etiam remedium cognouimus radiculae, quam pastores consiliginem uocant: ea Marsis montibusplurima nascitur (‘an efficacious remedy we have also found to consist of the root which shepherds call consiligo. This grows in abundance in the Marsian mountains’),. Translations of or relating to the Marsi Italian: it marso Latin: la Mārsicus Noun Any member of the Marsi. Translations any member of the Marsi French: fr Marse mfbysense Proper noun The extinct (since ca. 150 BC) Osco-Umbrian language of the Marsi, native to Marruvium. en w:E. H. Warmington Remains of Old Latin 1940 1959 59 Caso Cantovios and allies. Bronze plate found in the Fucine Lake. Dialect-Latin or mixed Marsian and Latin. en w:Philip Baldi The Foundations of Latin Trends in Linguistics; Studies and Monographs 117 Berlin; New York, N.Y. Mouton de Gruyter 1999 128 3-11-016294-6 Though much of what remains of Marsian is of doubtful status and meaning, the following inscription (plate 3), from Antinum, is relatively unambiguous. en Jane Stuart-Smith Phonetics and Philology: Sound Change in Italic w:Oxford University Press 2004 125 There is little evidence for Marsian, the language of the Marsi, a people who occupied the area south of the Fucine Lake. Marsian is mainly attested in a few short inscriptions from the third and second centuries bc: VM 3–7. Translations language References Further reading Marsian language en Extinct languages