1. Măro, ōnis, m. [from root smar-, to be thoughtful; cf. memor], the family name of the poet P. Vergilius, Lact. 1, 15, 12: ingenium sacri miraris abesse Maronis: Sint Maecenates, non deerunt, Flacce, Marones, Mart. 8, 56, 5: summus, id. 12, 4, 1: altisonus, Juv. 11, 180.
Transf., a statue of Virgil, Juv. 7, 227.
Hence,