I.a pouch, purse (ante- and postclass.): curam marsupii habere, Varr. ap. Non. 142, 1: “nummi aurei in marsupio,” Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 26: “quom inspicio marsupium,” id. Men. 2, 1, 29: “exenterare,” to empty, id. Ep. 2, 2, 3; Prud. Psych. 600; Alcim. 6, 311.
marsūpĭum (-suppium ), ii, n., = μαρσύπιον,