Lewis Short
Mărĭus | Mărĭus, a, um | Mărĭānus, a, um | Mărĭāna, ae | Mărĭ-āni, ōrum (noun M.f.m) :
* The name of a Roman gens.
* The most celebrated is C. Marius, the conqueror of Jugurtha, and seven times consul, Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 7; id. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60; Sall. C. 59, 3; id. J. 46 sqq.; as a friend of the popular party, his name is used as an appellative: Caesari multos Marios inesse, Caesar had many Mariuses in him, Sulla ap. Suet. Caes. 1 fin.
* M. Marius Gratidianus, Cic. Brut. 45, 168; 62, 224; id. Leg. 3, 16, 36; id. Off. 3, 20, 80; Sen. de Ira, 3, 18; Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 132.
* Adj., of or pertaining to C. Marius, Marian: lex,Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 38.
* Adj., of or pertaining to C. Marius, Marian: Mariani consulatus,Cic. Brut. 47, 175: scutum Cimbricum,id. de Or. 2, 66, 266: quercus,id. Leg. 1, 1, 1: tribunus plebis,id. Agr. 3, 2, 7: Mariana et Sullana tempestas,Flor. 3, 12, 11: Mariana et Cinnana rabies,id. 4, 2, 2.—Subst.: , , , a Roman colony on the eastern coast of Corsica, founded by C. Marius, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 80; Mel. 2, 7, 19.—Plur. subst.: , , , another name of the Cernetari in Latium, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary