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3 MAR-,
Mars, father of Romulus and god of war, with whose month, Martius, the Roman
year began
, O., Cs.: durus,
V.: cruentus, H.: ferox
O.: stella Martis,
the planet Mars.—War, batt<*>e, conflict,
engagement
: Martem accendere cantu,
incite to battle
, V.: apertus,
in the open field
, O.: equitem suo alienoque Marte
pugnare, i. e.
both on horseback and on foot
, L.: Mars forensis,
a legal contest
, O.: si patrii quid Martis habes,
martial spirit
, V.—In the phrase, suo Marte,
independently, by his own efforts
: rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit: cum vos vestro
Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis.—
The issue of battle, fortune of war
: omnis belli Mars communis: communis adhuc Mars belli
erat, L.: aequo Marte,
indecisively
, Cs.: verso Marte (i. e.
versā fortunā), L.