Mamers
Māmers, mertis, m.,
- the Oscan name for Mars: Mamers Mamertis facit, id est lingua Osca Mars Martis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 131 Müll.; cf. id. s. v. Mamertini, p. 158 ib. The Sabines also gave to Mars the name of Mamers, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Müll. —Hence,
- A Māmertīni, ōrum, m., the Mamertines.—After the death of Agathocles of Syracuse, B. C. 289, the mercenary troops which he had collected from Umbria seized the city of Messana in Sicily, murdered the inhabitants, and made themselves masters of the vicinity. They called themselves Mamertines, from Mamers, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13; id. Balb. 23, 52; Liv. 21, 22; 28, 28, 6.—
- B Māmertīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Mamertines, Mamertine: civitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 5, § 13; 2, 3, 6, § 13; 2, 4, 10, § 22: vina, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 66: amphora, Mart. 13, 117.
Māmers, ertis, m., in der oskischen od. sabinischen Sprache = Mars, nach Varro LL. 5, 73; vgl. Paul. ex Fest. 131, 12. – Dav. Māmertīnī, ōrum, m., die Einwohner der Stadt Messana auf Sizilien, die sich wegen ihrer Kriegstaten Marssöhne nannten, Cic. Verr. 2, 13. Liv. 28, 28, 6. – Dav. Māmertīnus, a, um, mamertinisch, civitas, Messana, Cic.: amphora, Mart.
Māmers, tis, m. , Mars [dans la langue des Osques] : P. Fest. 131 ; Varro L. 5, 73.
Mamers
was the Oscan name of the god Mars. (Paul. Diac. p. 131, ed. Müller.) Varro (De Ling. Lat. 5.73; comp. Plut. Num. 21), on the other hand, calls Mamers the Sabine name of the god. The Romans worshipped Mamers as a rustic divinity, and reckoned- him among the country Lares. (Cato, de Re Rust. 83, 141.) The ancients derived the name of the Mamertines in Messana from the god Mamers. [L.S]
Mamers
The Oscan name of the god Mars (q.v.).