Martii

Martii

English

Noun

Martii pl (plural only)

1. (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.

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Latin

Adjective

Mārtiī

1. inflection of Mārtius:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Proper noun

Mārtiī

1. inflection of Mārtius:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular