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mās, măris (n. mare, rare; gen. plur [p. 1117] marium, Cic. Part. Or. 10, 35; Mel. 3, 9, 5), adj. [prob. from Sanscr. root man, think; manus, man, human being; cf.: memini, moneo, etc.], male, masculine, of the male sex:B.mare et femineum sexus,
App. de Mund. p. 66 med.:maribus (sc. diis),
Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 29:si marem (anguem) emisisset... si feminam, etc.,
id. Div. 1, 18, 36; id. Part. Or. 10; so,emissio maris anguis (opp. emissio feminae anguis),
id. Div. 2, 29, 62: mas vitellus, a male yolk, i. e. which would produce a male chick, Hor. S. 2, 4, 14.—Of plants:ure mares oleas,
Ov. F. 4, 741.—Transf., masculine, manly, brave ( poet.):A.quod mares homines amant,
Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 32:maribus Curiis,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 64:animi,
id. A. P. 402:male mas,
unmanly, effeminate, Cat. 16, 13:atque marem strepitum fidis intendisse Latinae,
i. e. a manly, noble strain, Pers. 6, 4.—As subst.: mās, māris, a male (opp. femina, v. infra).Lit., of gods, human beings, and animals:B.congressio maris et feminae,
Cic. Rep. 1, 24, 38:et mares deos et feminas esse dicitis,
id. N. D. 1, 34, 95:(bestiarum) aliae mares, aliae feminae sunt... et in mare et in femina, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 51, 128; cf.:feminaque ut maribus conjungi possit,
Lucr. 5, 853:marium expers,
Suet. Claud. 33; so,marium pignora,
id. Aug. 21 Oud. N. cr.:stuprum in maribus,
Quint. 11, 1, 84:vos tollite laudibus, mares, Delon Apollinis,
Hor. C. 1, 21, 10.—Trop., of plants:in tilia mas et femina differunt omni modo: namque et materies dura ac nodosa, etc.,
Plin. 16, 14, 25, § 65:cognati virilis sexus, per mares descendentes,
Ulp. Fragm. 26, 1.
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