I.a nymph in the territory of Minturnæ, on the river Liris, the fabled mother of the Latins, Verg. A. 7, 47; Serv. acc. to Lact. 1, 21, 23, Circe, who was deified after her death. After her was named the lucus Maricae, the grove consecrated to her, Liv. 27, 37; “called also, silva Maricae,” Mart. 13, 83, 1; “and, querceta Maricae, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 259: palus Maricae,” the lake near Minturnæ, where Marius hid himself after his flight from Sylla, Vell. 2, 19, 2.—As subst.: Mărīca , ae, i. e. Minlurnæ, Hor. C. 3, 17, 7: “regna Maricae,” the territory of Minturnæ, Liv. 2, 424.
Mărīca , ae, f.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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