Marcionitae

Marcĭon, ōnis, m. ( Marcīon, Prud. Ham. 120), a heretic of Sinope, who gave himself out to be Christ, Tert. de Praescr. adv. Haeret. 30; Prud. Ham. 502.—Hence,

A.

Marcĭōnensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the heretic Marcion:

continentia,

Tert. Praescr. Haeret. 30.—

B.

Marcĭō-nista, ae, m., a follower of the heretic Marcion, a Marcionite.—Plur., Cod. Just. 1, 5, 5.—

C.

Marcĭōnīta, ae, m., for Marcionensis, of or belonging to the heretic Marcion:

Marcionita Deus, tristis, ferus insidiator,

i. e. feigned by Marcion, Prud. Ham. 129.— Plur.: Marcĭōnītae, Marcionites, disciples of Marcion, Tert. Praescr. Her. 49; Lact. 4, 30, 10; Ambros. de Fide, 5, 13, 162.—

II.

A native of Smyrna, the author of a treatise De simplicibus effectibus, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38.