Marsi

See also: marsi and marŝi

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Marsi pl (plural only) (historical)

  1. An ancient tribe who inhabited a region in central Italy, around the basin of the lake Fucinus.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Marsi pl (plural only) (historical)

  1. A small Germanic tribe settled between the Rhine, Ruhr and Lippe rivers in northwest Germany.

Latin

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mārsī m pl (genitive Mārsōrum); second declension

  1. An ancient tribe who inhabited a region in central Italy, around the basin of the lake Fucinus.
  2. (Medieval Latin) enchanters, sorcerers, magicians
    • 1922 (c. 700), Richard Jente, Die mythologischen Ausdrücke im altenglischen Wortschatz, Heidelberg: C. Winter, page 285:
      marsi, magi dryas, (dry)lice inguleres (l. -as) Hpt. Gl. 510, 25; An. Ox. 4476; marsi, drias 2, 338.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Mārsī
genitive Mārsōrum
dative Mārsīs
accusative Mārsōs
ablative Mārsīs
vocative Mārsī
Derived terms
  • Marsicus

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *marsiz.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Marsī m pl (genitive Marsōrum); second declension

  1. A small Germanic tribe settled between the Rhine, Ruhr and Lippe rivers in northwest Germany.
Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Marsī
genitive Marsōrum
dative Marsīs
accusative Marsōs
ablative Marsīs
vocative Marsī

References

  • Harm Pinkster, editor (2018), “Marsi”, in Woordenboek Latijn/Nederlands[1], 7th revised edition, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC
  • Marsi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Marsi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Marsi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.