Crossword clues for marcia
marcia
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fem. proper name, from Latin Marcia, fem. of Marcius, a Roman gens, related to Marcus (q.v.).
Wiktionary
Wikipedia
The gens Marcia, occasionally written Martia, was one of the oldest and noblest houses at ancient Rome. They claimed descent from the second and fourth Roman Kings, and the first of the Marcii appearing in the history of the Republic would seem to have been patrician; but all of the families of the Marcii known in the later Republic were plebeian. The first to obtain the consulship was Gaius Marcius Rutilus in 357 BC, only a few years after the passage of the lex Licinia Sextia opened this office to the plebeians.
Marcia Aurelia Ceionia Demetrias, better known as Marcia, was the mistress and one of the assassins of 2nd century AD Roman Emperor Commodus from 182–93. Marcia was the daughter of Marcia Aurelius Sabinianus, a freedwoman of the co-emperor Lucius Verus.
Marcia (, rarely ), often shortened to Marcie , is a female given name derived from Latin meaning "dedicated to Mars". Marcia also means "proud, warlike, martial". It is a female form of Marcius. Italian name Bearers of this name include:
- Queen Marcia, legendary monarch of Britain
- Marcia Anastasia Christoforides
- Marcia M. Anderson, first African-American woman to attain major general in the USAR
- Marcia Angell
- Marcia Ball
- Marcia Barrett
- Marcia Barton
- Marcia Brazil, a contestant on the Charm School with Ricki Lake, and Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels
- Marcia Brown
- Marcia Clark
- Marcia Cross
- Marcia Davenport
- Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender
- Marcia Mitzman Gaven
- Marcia Griffiths
- Marcia Gudereit
- Marcia Harden
- Marcia Hines, Australian singer and judge on Australian Idol
- Marcia A. Karrow
- Marcia V. Keizs
- Marcia Kramer
- Marcia Langton
- Marcia Lucas
- Marcia MacMillan
- Marcia Marx
- Marcia Neave
- Marcia Pankratz
- Marcia Pelham, Countess of Yarborough
- Marcia Rodd
- Marcia Strassman
- Marcia Theophilo
- Marcia Trimble
- Marcia Wallace
- Marcia Wilbur
- Marcia Yockey
- James Marcia
- Marcia Fudge
- Marcia Sawicz
Marcia was the second wife of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (Cato the Younger) and the daughter of Lucius Marcius Philippus. She was born about 80 BC.
Marcia, meaning "proud, warlike, martial," can refer to:
- Marcia (given name)
- Marcia (gens), list of Roman women of this name
- Marcia (genus), genus of venus clams in the family Veneridae
- March (music), Italian designation used in titles and musical instructions
Marcia (about 33-before 100) was an ancient Roman noblewoman and the mother of the emperor Trajan.
Usage examples of "marcia".
Le altre donne seguirebbero la marcia e per ultimi i nostri amici con quanti restavano ancora dei difensori del lanificio.
Juba to all the bravery of a hero Adds softest love, and more than female sweetness: Juba might make the proudest of our sex, Any of womankind, but Marcia, happy.
Normally, ketamine was used in such strong doses that it would produce unconsciousness, but Marcia felt ketamine had properties that could unveil age-old secrets of the psyche if it were taken in much smaller quantities.
Marcia Moore became more and more convinced that ketamine was the answer to what she was seeking, and Dr.
The other Soc, a tall guy with a semi-Beatle haircut, turned to Marcia.
And trust Marcia to talk about the stallion side of the outcross line.
In the same intricate, perplext distress, The cruel hand of fate, that has destroyed They brother Marcus, whom we both lament-- Marcia.
Marcia, being presumptuous and almighty ridiculous about it in her eyes, and showing to her a real crappiness of mind when my own emotions had pitched me up into a schmaltzy Walt Disney-type mood for a great and useless gesture, only to find myself flat on my ass.
Qui bisogna ordinare la marcia, pensai tra me, e spinger la vecchia in capo fila.
Down at the far end, Marcia saw a series of dark holes that seemed to lead back into the unhollowed body of the asteroid.
Le altre donne seguirebbero la marcia e per ultimi i nostri amici con quanti restavano ancora dei difensori del lanificio.
Meanwhile, Stan had reached the cardroom, to find Marcia engaged in a game of Canfield.
It was poked through the crack of the cardroom door, gripped by an intruder who had gained that wedge while Stan and Marcia had been exchanging ill-meant compliments.
Marcia Fairfield was a graying biologist out of Cambridge, well respected, a part of the original Operation Rhino project, often called the Jane Goodall of rhinos.
Rufe stood his long rifle up against the wall, not far from the reach of his long arm, and pulled a stool up to the table as Marcia brought in hot johnnycake and boiled meat.