Maro

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Măro, ōnis, m. [from root smar-, to be thoughtful; cf. memor],

I 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,

A Mă-rōnēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Virgil, Maronian, Virgilian : templum, Stat. S. 4, 4, 55.—

B Mărōnĭā-nus , a, um, adj., Maronian, Virgilian : culex, Stat. S. 2, 7, 74: stilus, Sid. Ep. 8, 1 in carm .