Marsi

See also: marsi and marŝi

English

Noun

Marsi pl (plural only) (historical)

1. An ancient tribe who inhabited a region in central Italy, around the basin of the lake Fucinus.
2. A small Germanic tribe settled between the Rhine, Ruhr and Lippe rivers in northwest Germany.

Derived terms

• Marsian

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.siː/, [ˈmärs̠iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.si/, [ˈmärsi]

Proper noun

Marsī m pl (genitive Marsōrum); second declension

1. An ancient tribe who inhabited a region in central Italy, around the basin of the lake Fucinus.

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Marsī
Genitive	Marsōrum
Dative	Marsīs
Accusative	Marsōs
Ablative	Marsīs
Vocative	Marsī

Derived terms

• Marsicus

References

• “Marsi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Marsi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Marsi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.