maritus

== Brunei Malay == === Alternative forms === meritus === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maritus/ Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧tus === Noun === maritus pili, edible nut of the tropical tree Canarium ovatum == Latin == === Etymology === Perhaps related with mās (“male, a male”). According to De Vaan, from Proto-Indo-European *morei-, *mori- or *morih₂- (“young woman”), developing into a pre-Italic *mārī-, with possessive *-to-. Compare Welsh morwyn (“girl, maiden”) (< Proto-Celtic *moreinā-), Welsh merch (“daughter”) (< Proto-Celtic *merkā), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “boy, girl”), Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”), Bactrian μαρηγο (marēgo, “servant”) (< Proto-Indo-European *meri̯o-), Lithuanian merga (“girl”) (< Proto-Indo-European *mergh-eh₂-), Lithuanian marti (“daughter-in-law”) (< Proto-Indo-European *mor-t-iH-). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maˈriː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maˈriː.tus] === Adjective === marītus (feminine marīta, neuter marītum); first/second-declension adjective marital, matrimonial, conjugal ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === marītus m (genitive marītī, feminine marīta); second declension husband, married man Synonyms: coniūnx, vir Antonyms: marīta, uxor, nūpta, mulier (Can we add an example for this sense?) (poetic) lover, suitor (of animals) male ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === Related terms === marītālis marītō === References === “maritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “maritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “maritus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.