Martii

English

Noun

Martii pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) The descendants of Ancus Martius, especially a group who made a bid for power by accusing the king Tarquin the Elder and his son-in-law Servius Tullius of murder.
    • 1795, Sarah Trimmer, A Description of a Set of Prints of Roman History, page 33:
      […] it was discovered that the Martii had employed the murderers, and they were obliged to flee away.
    • 1855, Edward Levien, Outlines of the History of Rome, volume 1, page 20:
      The people were delighted with these tidings, the murderers were seized and punished, and the Martii fled in dismay to Suessa Pometia.

Latin

Adjective

Mārtiī

  1. inflection of Mārtius:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Proper noun

Mārtiī

  1. inflection of Mārtius:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular
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