Marathonis

Mărăthon, ōnis, f. (m., Mel. 2, 3, 6), = Marathôn, a town (now Vrana ) on the eastern coast of Attica, famed for the death of Icarus, the victory of Theseus over the Marathonian bull, and that of Miltiades over the Persians, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Milt. 4, 2; Just. 2, 15, 18:

proelium apud Marathona,

Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 57; Ov. M. 7, 433.—Hence,

A.

Mărătho-nĭus, a, um, adj., = Marathônios, of or belonging to Marathon, Marathonian:

an etiam Theseus Marathonii tauri cornua comprehendit iratus?

Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50:

pugna,

id. Att. 9, 10, 3.—

2.

Transf., Athenian:

Marathonia virgo,

i. e. Erigone, Stat. S. 5, 3, 74:

hostis,

Sil. 14, 650; Just. 4, 4; 5.—

B.

Mărăthōnis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Marathônis, Marathonian:

quercum Marathonida Theseus extulit,

i. e. the spear with which he fought against the Marathonian bull, Stat. Th. 12, 730:

Marathonide silvā,

id. ib. 11, 644.