Martial

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A male given name from Latin, narrowly applied to certain historic persons (but some of its foreign cognates are modern given names).
• An Anglicized cognomen or given name of the Roman poet Marcus Valerius Martialis, born in Spain in the first century AD and noted for his epigrams.

Adjective

• Alternate spelling of martial

Noun

• Alternate spelling of martial

Origin

• From Latin Martialis ("Roman cognomen"), from martiālis, from Mārs + -ālis.