Martianus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Mārs, Mārtis +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Mārtiānus (feminine Mārtiāna, neuter Mārtiānum); first/second-declension adjective

(relational)

  1. of or relating to the god Mars
  2. of or relating to the planet Mars, Martian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Proper noun

Mārtiānus m sg (genitive Mārtiānī, feminine Mārtiāna); second declension

  1. A praenomen — famously held by:
    1. Mārtiānus Capella, a Roman jurist, writer and poet from Carthage
  2. (New Latin, demonym) a Martian
  3. Alternative form of Mārciānus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Descendants

References

  • Martianus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray