mărītātus

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mărīto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. maritus], to give a husband to one; hence to wed, marry, give in marriage to a man.

Lit. (post-Aug. and rare):

Vitellii filiam,

Suet. Vesp. 14:

lex (Augusti) de maritandis ordinibus,

i. e. imposing fines for celibacy in all classes, id. Aug. 34:

lex Julia de maritandis ordinibus,

Gai. Inst. 1, 178; Ulp. Fragm. 11, 20;

pleonastically: matrimonia,

i. e. to conclude, make, App. Dogm. Plat. p. 26.—Hence, absol., to marry, take a wife:

maritandum principem suaderent,

Tac. A. 12, 6.—

Transf.

Of animals and plants.

Pass.: maritari, to be coupled, i. e. to have a mate:

tunc dicuntur catulire, id est ostendere, se velle maritari,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 11.—

To impregnate:

(Zephyrus) glebas fecundo rore maritat,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 89; so in pass., to be impregnated:

quae (feminae) ternae singulis (maribus) maritantur,

Col. 8, 2, 12; Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 93; Sol. 23.—

Of plants, to wed, i. e. to tie or fasten to another tree:

adultā vitium propagine Altas maritat populos,

Hor. Epod. 2, 10:

ulmi vitibus maritantur,

Col. 11, 2, 79; 4, 2, 1:

maritandae arbores,

id. 4, 1, 6; cf. id. 5, 6, 18.—Hence, mărītātus, a, um, P. a., of or pertaining to a wife.—Comic.: A. Pulchra dos pecunia est. P. Quae quidem non maritata est, yes, if not accompanied with a wife, Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 12.— Subst.: mărītāta, ae, f., a wife, a married woman, Lact. 1, 11, 9.— Plur., opp. virgines, viduae, Hier. Ep. 77, n. 12.

mărīto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. maritus], to give a husband to one; hence to wed, marry, give in marriage to a man.

Lit. (post-Aug. and rare):

Vitellii filiam,

Suet. Vesp. 14:

lex (Augusti) de maritandis ordinibus,

i. e. imposing fines for celibacy in all classes, id. Aug. 34:

lex Julia de maritandis ordinibus,

Gai. Inst. 1, 178; Ulp. Fragm. 11, 20;

pleonastically: matrimonia,

i. e. to conclude, make, App. Dogm. Plat. p. 26.—Hence, absol., to marry, take a wife:

maritandum principem suaderent,

Tac. A. 12, 6.—

Transf.

Of animals and plants.

Pass.: maritari, to be coupled, i. e. to have a mate:

tunc dicuntur catulire, id est ostendere, se velle maritari,

Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 11.—

To impregnate:

(Zephyrus) glebas fecundo rore maritat,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 89; so in pass., to be impregnated:

quae (feminae) ternae singulis (maribus) maritantur,

Col. 8, 2, 12; Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 93; Sol. 23.—

Of plants, to wed, i. e. to tie or fasten to another tree:

adultā vitium propagine Altas maritat populos,

Hor. Epod. 2, 10:

ulmi vitibus maritantur,

Col. 11, 2, 79; 4, 2, 1:

maritandae arbores,

id. 4, 1, 6; cf. id. 5, 6, 18.—Hence, mărītātus, a, um, P. a., of or pertaining to a wife.—Comic.: A. Pulchra dos pecunia est. P. Quae quidem non maritata est, yes, if not accompanied with a wife, Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 12.— Subst.: mărītāta, ae, f., a wife, a married woman, Lact. 1, 11, 9.— Plur., opp. virgines, viduae, Hier. Ep. 77, n. 12.