noun

Māmers

gen. mertis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd

the Oscan name for Mars

the Oscan name for Mars: Mamers Mamertis facit, id est lingua Osca Mars Martis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 131 Müll.; cf. id. s. v. Mamertini, p. 158 ib. The Sabines also gave to Mars the name of Mamers, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Müll. —Hence,

the Mamertines; Mamertines

Māmertīni, ōrum, m., the Mamertines.—After the death of Agathocles of Syracuse, B. C. 289, the mercenary troops which he had collected from Umbria seized the city of Messana in Sicily, murdered the inhabitants, and made themselves masters of the vicinity. They called themselves Mamertines, from Mamers, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13; id. Balb. 23, 52; Liv. 21, 22; 28, 28, 6.—

adj., of; belonging to the Mamertines, Mamertine •

Māmertīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Mamertines, Mamertine: civitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13; 2, 3, 6, § 13; 2, 4, 10, § 22: vina, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 66: amphora, Mart. 13, 117.

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