1. mărītus — Lewis & Short
mărītus, a, um, adj.mas,
I of or belonging to marriage, matrimonial, conjugal, nuptial, marriage-.
I Adj. (so mostly poet.; not in Cic.).
A Lit.:
facibus cessit maritis,to the nuptial torches, to wedlock, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 33.
faces,Ov. H. 11, 101:
foedus,the conjugal tie, id. P. 3, 1, 73:
tori,id. H. 2, 41:
sacra,Prop. 3, 20, 26 (4, 20, 16); Ov. H. 12, 87:
Venus,wedded love, id. ib. 16, 283; cf.:
fides,conjugal fidelity, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11. lex, respecting marriage, a marriage-law (de maritandis ordinibus, Suet. Aug. 34), Hor. C. S. 20.—In prose:
vagabatur per maritas domos dies noctesque,i. e. the houses of married people, Liv. 27, 31, 5 Drak.—
B Transf.
1 Of plants, wedded, i. e. tied up (cf. marito, II. B.):
arbores,Cato, R. R. 32, 2; Col. 11, 2, 32:
ulmo conjuncta marito (sc. vitis),Cat. 62, 54; Quint. 8, 3, 8:
olivetum,Col. 3, 11, 3.—
2 Impregnating, fertilizing (in postclass. poetry):
fluctus (Nili),Avien. Perieg. 339: imbres, Pervigil. Ven. 4, 11.—
II Subst.
A mărītus, i, m., a married man, husband (freq. and class.; cf.
conjux, vir): ditis damnosos maritos sub basilica quaerito,Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10:
ut maritus sis quam optimae (mulieris),Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52:
sororis,id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; Liv. 1, 57, 10; Quint. 6, 2, 14; 3, 11, 4; Suet. Caes. 43; 52; 81; Tac. A. 1, 5; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 1; 2, 20, 2; Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 1; Just. 1, 7, 19; Val Max. 8, 2, 14; Gell. 1, 17 et saep.: insidian iem somno maritorum, Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:
quae major calumnia est quam venire imberbum adulescentem, bene valentem ac maritum,id. Dom. 14, 37; Liv. 36, 17, 8;
opp. coelebs: seu maritum sive coelibem scortarier,Plaut. Merc. 5, 14, 58; id. Cas. 2, 4, 11 sq.; Quint. 5, 10, 26; Sen. Ep. 94, 8; Gell. 2, 15:
bonus optandusque maritus,Juv. 6, 211:
malus ingratusque maritus,id. 7, 169:
mariti testamentum,Quint. 9, 2, 73:
patrius,Verg. A. 3, 297:
Phrygio servire marito,id. ib. 4, 103:
unico gaudens mulier marito,Hor. C. 3, 14, 5:
novus,a newly-married man, a young husband, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 6:
intra quartum et vicesimum annum maritus,Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 3:
recens,id. ib. 8, 23, 8:
ut juveni primum virgo deducta marito,Tib. 3, 4, 31:
lex Bithynorum, si quid mulier contrahat, maritum auctorem esse jubet,Gai. Inst. 1, 193:
si maritus pro muliere se obligaverit,Ulp. Fragm. 11, 3:
maritus lugendus decem mensibus,Plaut. Sent. 1, 21, 13.—
B Transf.
1 A lover, suitor (poet.), Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 10:
aegram (Dido) nulli quondam flexere mariti,Verg. A. 4, 35.—
2 Of animals:
ol ens maritus,i. e. a he-goat, Hor. C. 1, 17, 7:
quem pecori dixere maritum,Verg. G. 3, 125; so,
gregum,Col. 7, 6, 4;
of cocks,id. 8, 5 fin.; Juv. 3, 91.—
3 In plur.: mă-rīti, ōrum, m., married people, man and wife (post-class.), Dig. 24, 1, 52 fin.:
novi mariti,newly-married people, a young couple, App. M. 8, p. 201, 36.—
III mărīta, ae, f., a married woman, wife (poet. and postclass.):
marita,Hor. Epod. 8, 13:
castae maritae,Ov. F. 2, 139; id. H. 12, 175; Inscr. Orell. 2665; Inscr. Fabr. 299 al.; and freq. on epitaphs.