Martii
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Martii pl (plural only)
- (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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Mārtiī
Proper noun
[edit]Mārtiī