mărīto — Lewis & Short
mărīto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.1. maritus,
I to give a husband to one; hence to wed, marry, give in marriage to a man.
I Lit. (post-Aug. and rare):
Vitellii filiam,Suet. Vesp. 14:
lex (Augusti) de maritandis ordinibus,i. e. imposing fines for celibacy in all classes, id. Aug. 34:
lex Julia de maritandis ordinibus,Gai. Inst. 1, 178; Ulp. Fragm. 11, 20;
pleonastically: matrimonia,i. e. to conclude, make, App. Dogm. Plat. p. 26.—Hence, absol., to marry, take a wife:
maritandum principem suaderent,Tac. A. 12, 6.—
II Transf.
A Of animals and plants.
1 Pass.: maritari, to be coupled, i. e. to have a mate:
tunc dicuntur catulire, id est ostendere, se velle maritari,Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 11.—
2 To impregnate:
(Zephyrus) glebas fecundo rore maritat,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 89; so in pass., to be impregnated:
quae (feminae) ternae singulis (maribus) maritantur,Col. 8, 2, 12; Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 93; Sol. 23.—
B Of plants, to wed, i. e. to tie or fasten to another tree:
adultā vitium propagine Altas maritat populos,Hor. Epod. 2, 10:
ulmi vitibus maritantur,Col. 11, 2, 79; 4, 2, 1:
maritandae arbores,id. 4, 1, 6; cf. id. 5, 6, 18.—Hence, mărītātus, a, um, P. a., of or pertaining to a wife.—Comic.: A. Pulchra dos pecunia est. P. Quae quidem non maritata est, yes, if not accompanied with a wife, Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 12.—Subst.: mărītāta, ae, f., a wife, a married woman, Lact. 1, 11, 9.—Plur., opp. virgines, viduae, Hier. Ep. 77, n. 12.