Maro, ōnis, m. from root smar-, to be thoughtful; cf. memor, the family name of the poet P. Vergilius, Lact. 1, 15, 12: ingenium sacri miraris abesse Maronis: Sint Maecenates, non deerunt, Flacce, Marones, Mart. 8, 56, 5: summus, id. 12, 4, 1: altisonus, Juv. 11, 180.

—Transf., a statue of Virgil, Juv. 7, 227.

—Hence, Ma-rōnēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Virgil, Maronian, Virgilian: templum, Stat. S. 4, 4, 55.

— Marōniā-nus, a, um, adj., Maronian, Virgilian: culex, Stat. S. 2, 7, 74: stilus, Sid. Ep. 8, 1 in carm.