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maritus

maritus

Latin

Adjective

marītus m ‎(feminine marīta, neuter marītum); first/second declension

marital, matrimonial, conjugal

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	marītus	marīta	marītum		marītī	marītae	marīta
genitive	marītī	marītae	marītī		marītōrum	marītārum	marītōrum
dative	marītō	marītae	marītō		marītīs
accusative	marītum	marītam	marītum		marītōs	marītās	marīta
ablative	marītō	marītā	marītō		marītīs
vocative	marīte	marīta	marītum		marītī	marītae	marīta

Noun

marītus m ‎(genitive marītī); second declension

husband, married man
(poetic) lover
(of animals) male

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	marītus	marītī
genitive	marītī	marītōrum
dative	marītō	marītīs
accusative	marītum	marītōs
ablative	marītō	marītīs
vocative	marīte	marītī

Antonyms

(husband): marīta, uxor

Descendants

Aromanian: mãrit
Asturian: maríu
Catalan: marit
Dalmatian: marait
French: mari

Friulian: marît
Istriot: mareî
Italian: marito
Occitan: marit
Portuguese: marido

Romanian: mărit
Sardinian: madiru
Sicilian: maritu
Spanish: marido
Venetian: marìo

Related terms

References

maritus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
maritus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “maritus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.