Marcius

Marcĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens.

1.

Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, Liv. 1, 32; Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33; 2, 20, 35.—

L. Marcius,

a Roman knight, who commanded the army in Spain after the death of the Scipios, Liv. 25, 37 sq. —

2.

Two brothers Marcii, Roman soothsayers in very ancient times, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 84; 1, 50, 115; 2, 55, 113.—In fem.: Marcĭa, a vestal virgin, Ascon. Cic. Mil. p. 46 Orell.—Hence,

A.

Marcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcius, Marcian: Marcia aqua, brought into Rome first by king Ancus Marcius, and afterwards by the prætor Q. Marcius Rex, Plin. 31, 3, 24, § 41;

called also: Marcius liquor,

Prop. 4, 1, 52:

umor,

id. 4, 22, 24:

lympha,

Tib. 3, 6, 58; and:

frigora,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 25: Marcius saltus, in Liguria, where the consul Q. Marcius suffered a defeat, Liv. 39, 20.—

B.

Marcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Marcius:

carmina,

of the soothsayer Marcius, Liv. 25, 12: foedus, made by L. Marcius with the inhabitants of Gades, Cic. Balb. 17, 39.—Silva Marciana, a mountain-range in western Germany, the Schwarzwald, Amm. 21, 8, 2.— Hence, adv.: Marcĭānē, in the manner of Marcius, Prisc. vol. 2, p. 528, 25 Hertz.