Mărăthos or -us, i, f., = Μάραθος,
I an ancient Phoenician city, opposite the island of Arados , near the modern Ainel-Hye , Mel. 1, 12, 3; Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78; Curt. 4, 1, 6.
II —Hence, Mărăthēnus , a, um, adj., of or from Marathos, Marathene : Menelaüs, a rhetorician from Marathos , Cic. Brut. 26, 100 Meyer.