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mărīta, ae, a married woman, wife, v. 1. maritus, III.

mărītālis, e, adj. [1. maritus], of or belonging to married people, matrimonial, nuptial, conjugal (poet. and post-Aug.): vestis, Ov. A. A. 2, 258: conjugium, Col. 12 praef. 1: fax, Val. Max. 9, 1, 9: supercilium, id. ib. 6, 3, 10: capistrum, the marriagehalter, Juv. 6, 43: honor et affectio, Fragm. Jur. Rom. Vat. 253 a, Huschke.
Hence, mărītālĭter, adv., matrimonially, Aug. in Johann. tr. 31, 3.

mărītātus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of marito.

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

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of animals and plants.
      1. 1. 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.
      2. 2. 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.
    2. B. 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.

1. mărītus, a, um, adj. [mas], of or belonging to marriage, matrimonial, conjugal, nuptial, marriage-.

  1. I. Adj. (so mostly poet.; not in Cic.).
    1. A. Lit.: facibus cessit maritis, to the nuptial torches, to wedlock, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 33: faces, Ov. H. 11, 101: foedus, the conjugal tie, id. P. 3, 1, 73: tori, id. H. 2, 41: sacra, Prop. 3, 20, 26 (4, 20, 16); Ov. H. 12, 87: Venus, wedded love, id. ib. 16, 283; cf.: fides, conjugal fidelity, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11: lex, respecting marriage, a marriage-law (de maritandis ordinibus, Suet. Aug. 34), Hor. C. S. 20.
      In prose: vagabatur per maritas domos dies noctesque, i. e. the houses of married people, Liv. 27, 31, 5 Drak.
    2. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Of plants, wedded, i. e. tied up (cf. marito, II. B.): arbores, Cato, R. R. 32, 2; Col. 11, 2, 32: ulmo conjuncta marito (sc. vitis), Cat. 62, 54; Quint. 8, 3, 8: olivetum, Col. 3, 11, 3.
      2. 2. Impregnating, fertilizing (in postclass. poetry): fluctus (Nili), Avien. Perieg. 339: imbres, Pervigil. Ven. 4, 11.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. mărītus, i, m., a married man, husband (freq. and class.; cf. conjux, vir): ditis damnosos maritos sub basilica quaerito, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10: ut maritus sis quam optimae (mulieris), Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 52: sororis, id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; Liv. 1, 57, 10; Quint. 6, 2, 14; 3, 11, 4; Suet. Caes. 43; 52; 81; Tac. A. 1, 5; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 1; 2, 20, 2; Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 1; Just. 1, 7, 19; Val Max. 8, 2, 14; Gell. 1, 17 et saep.: insidian iem somno maritorum, Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26: quae major calumnia est quam venire imberbum adulescentem, bene valentem ac maritum, id. Dom. 14, 37; Liv. 36, 17, 8; opp. coelebs: seu maritum sive coelibem scortarier, Plaut. Merc. 5, 14, 58; id. Cas. 2, 4, 11 sq.; Quint. 5, 10, 26; Sen. Ep. 94, 8; Gell. 2, 15: bonus optandusque maritus, Juv. 6, 211: malus ingratusque maritus, id. 7, 169: mariti testamentum, Quint. 9, 2, 73: patrius, Verg. A. 3, 297: Phrygio servire marito, id. ib. 4, 103: unico gaudens mulier marito, Hor. C. 3, 14, 5: novus, a newly-married man, a young husband, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 6: intra quartum et vicesimum annum maritus, Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 3: recens, id. ib. 8, 23, 8: ut juveni primum virgo deducta marito, Tib. 3, 4, 31: lex Bithynorum, si quid mulier contrahat, maritum auctorem esse jubet, Gai. Inst. 1, 193: si maritus pro muliere se obligaverit, Ulp. Fragm. 11, 3: maritus lugendus decem mensibus, Plaut. Sent. 1, 21, 13.
    2. B. Transf.
      1. 1. A lover, suitor (poet.), Prop. 2, 21 (3, 14), 10: aegram (Dido) nulli quondam flexere mariti, Verg. A. 4, 35.
      2. 2. Of animals: ol ens maritus, i. e. a he-goat, Hor. C. 1, 17, 7: quem pecori dixere maritum, Verg. G. 3, 125; so, gregum, Col. 7, 6, 4; of cocks, id. 8, 5 fin.; Juv. 3, 91.
      3. 3. In plur.: mă-rīti, ōrum, m., married people, man and wife (post-class.), Dig. 24, 1, 52 fin.: novi mariti, newly-married people, a young couple, App. M. 8, p. 201, 36.
  3. III. mărīta, ae, f., a married woman, wife (poet. and postclass.): marita, Hor. Epod. 8, 13: castae maritae, Ov. F. 2, 139; id. H. 12, 175; Inscr. Orell. 2665; Inscr. Fabr. 299 al.; and freq. on epitaphs.