See also:

• LARES (older form Lases)

LARES (older See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form Lases)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman tutelary deities . The word is generally supposed to mean " lords," and identified with See also:

• ETRUSCAN

Etruscan larth, See also:

• LAR

lar; but this is by no means certain . The See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to harmonize the Stoic See also:

• DEMONOLOGY (L1alµwv, demon, genius, spirit)

demonology with Roman See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion led to the See also:

• LARES (older form Lases)

Lares being compared with the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek " heroes " during the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• GRECO, EL

Greco-Roman culture, and the word is frequently translated paves . In the later period of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic they are confounded with the See also:

• PENATES (from Lat. palms, eatables, food)

Penates (and other deities), though the distinction between them was probably more sharply marked in earlier times . They were originally gods of the cultivated See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, worshipped by each See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household where its See also:

• ALLOTMENT (from O. Fr. a and toter, to divide by lot)

allotment joined those of others (see below) . The distinction between public and private Lares existed from See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times . The latter were worshipped in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house by the See also:

• FAMILY

family alone, and the household Lar (familiaris) was conceived of as the centre-point of the family and of the family cult . The word itself (in the singular) came to be used in the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general sense of " See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home." It is certain that originally each household had only one Lar; the plural was at first only used to include other classes of Lares, and only gradually, after the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, ousted the singular . The See also:

• IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

image of the Lar, made of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone or See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, sometimes even of See also:

• SILVER

silver, stood in its See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine (lararium), which in early times was in the See also:

• ATRIUM (either from ater, black, referring to the blackening of the walls from the smoke of the hearth, or from the Greek aiOpeov, open to the sky, or from an Etruscan town, Atria, where the style of building is supposed to have originated)

atrium, but was afterwards transferred to other parts of the house, when the family See also:

• HEARTH (a word which appears in various forms in several Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch haard, German Herd, in the sense of " floor ")

hearth was removed from the atrium . In some of the Pompeian houses the lararium was represented by a See also:

• NICHE (through Fr. niche from Ital. nicchia, nicchio, shell; possibly from Lat. mitulus, a sea-mussel; cf. " napkin " from mappa)

niche only, containing the image,of the lar . It was usually a youthful figure, dressed in a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, high-girt See also:

• TUNIC (0. Eng. tunice, tunical, taken, before the Norman con-quest, directly from Lat. tunica, of which the origin is unknown)

tunic, holding in one See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand a rhyton (drinking-See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn), in the other a See also:

• PATERA

Patera (See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup) . Under the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire we find usually two of these, one on each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the central figure of the See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

Genius of the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the household, sometimes of See also:

• VESTA (Gr. 'Errata)

Vesta the hearth-deity .

The whole See also:

• GROUP

group was called indifferently Lares or Penates . A See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer was said to the Lar every See also:

• MORNING

morning, and at each See also:

• MEAL

meal offerings of See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food and drink were set before him; a portion of these was placed on the hearth and afterwards shaken into the See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire . Special sacrifices were offered on the kalends, nones, and ides of every See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month, and on the occasion of important family events . Such events were the birthday of the head of the household; the See also:

• ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

assumption of the toga virilis by a son; the festival of the Caristia in memory of deceased members of the household; recovery from illness; the entry of a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

bride into the house for the first time; return home after a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence . On these occasions the Lares were crowned with garlands, and offerings of cakes and See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and See also:

• INCENSE

incense, but especially See also:

• SWINE

swine, were laid before them . Their See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship persisted throughout the See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan period, although its See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character changed considerably in later times . The See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus had images of See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham, See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ and Alexander the See also:

• GREAT

Great among his household Lares . The public Lares belonged to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state religion . Amongst these must be included, at least after the time of See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, the Lares compitales . Originally two.in number, mythologically the sons of Mercurius and See also:

• LARA

Lara (or Larunda), they were the presiding deities of the See also:

• CROSS

cross-roads (compita), where they had their special chapels . It has been maintained by some that they are the twin See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers so frequent in early religions, the See also:

• ROMULUS

Romulus and Remus of the Roman See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation legends . Their See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence included not only the cross-roads, but the whole neighbouring See also:

• DISTRICT

district of the See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in which they were situated .

They had a special See also:

• ANNUAL

annual festival, called Compitalia, to which public See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games were added some time during the republican period . When the colleges of freedmen and slave*, who assisted the presidents of the festival, were abolished by See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar, it See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into disuse . Its importance was revived by Augustus, who added to these Lares his own Genius, the religious personification of the empire . The state itself had its own Lares, called praestites, the protecting patrons and guardians of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . They had a See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple and See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar on the Via Sacra, near the See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

Palatine, and were represented on coins as young men wearing the chlamys, carrying lances, seated, with a See also:

• DOG

dog, the See also:

• EMBLEM (Gr. Eµ3Xysa, something put in or inserted, from EµfiiXAew, to throw in)

emblem of watchfulness, at their feet . Mention may also be made of the Lares grundules, whose worship was connected with the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white sow of See also:

• ALBA

Alba Longa and its See also:

• THIRTY

thirty young (the epithet has been connected with grunnire, to grunt): the viales, who protected travellers; the hostilii, who kept off the enemies of the state; the permarini, connected with the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, to whom L . See also:

• AEMILIUS, PAULUS (PAOLO Ea111.io) (d. 1529)

Aemilius See also:

• REGILLUS

Regillus, after a See also:

• NAVAL

naval victory over See also:

• ANTIOCHUS

Antiochus (190 B.C.), vowed a temple in the Campus See also:

• MARTIUS, CARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON (1794—1868)

Martius, which was dedicated by M . Aemilius See also:

• LEPIDUS

Lepidus the See also:

• CENSOR (from Lat. censere, assess, estimate; in Gr. rt s ris)

censor in 179 . The old view that the Lares were the deified ancestors of the family has been rejected lately by Wissowa, who holds that the Lar was originally the protecting spirit of a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot of arable See also:

• LAND

land, with a shrine at the compitum, i.e. the spot where the path bounding his arable met that of another holding; and thence found his way into the house . In addition to the manuals of See also:

• MARQUARDT, JOACHIM (1812–1882)

Marquardt and See also:

• PRELLER, FRIEDRICH (1804–1878)
• PRELLER, LUDWIG (1809–1861)

Preller-See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan, and See also:

• ROSCHER, WILHELM GEORG FRIEDRICH (1817–1894)

Roscher's Lexikon der Mythologie, see A. de 1VIarchi, Il Culto privato di See also:

• ROMA

Roma antica (1896-1903), p . 28 See also:

• FOIL

foil.; G . Wissowa, Religion and Kultus der Romer (1902), p .

148 foll.; Archiv See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Religionswissenschaft (1904, p . 42 foil.) and W . Warde See also:

• FOWLER, CHARLES (1792-1867)
• FOWLER, EDWARD (1632-1714)
• FOWLER, JOHN (1826-1864)
• FOWLER, SIR JOHN (1817-1898)
• FOWLER, WILLIAM (c. 156o-1614)

Fowler in the same periodical (1906, p . 529) . LA REVELLIERE-L$PEAUA, See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS See also:

• MARIE

MARIE DE (1753-1824), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French politician, member of the See also:

• DIRECTORY

Directory, the son of J . B. de la Revelliere, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Montaign (See also:

• VENDEE
• VENDEE, WARS OF THE

Vendee), on the 24th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1753 . The name of Lepeaux he adopted from a small See also:

• PROPERTY

property belonging to his family, and he was known locally as M. de Lepeaux . He studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at See also:

• ANGERS

Angers and See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, being called to ,the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1795 . A See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy to the states-general in 1789, he returned at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the session to Angers, where with his school-See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends J . B . Leclerc and Urbain Rene Pilastre he sat on the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine-et-See also:

• LOIRE

Loire, and had to See also:

• DEAL

deal with the first Vendeen outbreaks . In 1792 he was returned by the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department to the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention, and on the 19th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November he proposed the famous See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree by which See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France offered See also:

• PROTECTION

protection to See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign nations in their struggle for See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty .

Although La Revelliere-Lepeaux voted for the See also:

• DEATH

death of Louis XVI., he was not in general agreement with the extremists . Proscribed with the Girondins in 1793 he was in hiding until the revolution of 9.10 See also:

• THERMIDOR (from Gr. BEpµrt, heat, and & pov, gift)

Thermidor (27th and 28th of See also:

• JULY

July 1794) . After serving on the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission to prepare the See also:

• INITIATION (Lat. inilium, beginning, entrance, from mire, to go in)

initiation of the new constitution he became in July 1795 See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly, and shortly afterwards a member of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

Committee of Public Safety . His name stood first on the See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors elected, and he became president of the Directory . Of his colleagues he was in See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois See also:

• REWBELL, JEAN FRANCOIS (1747-1807)

Rewbell and to a less degree with See also:

• BARRAS, PAUL FRANCOIS NICOLAS, COMTE DE (1755-1829)

Barras, but the greatest of his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-directors, Lazare See also:

• CARNOT, LAZARE EIPPOLYTE (18ot-1888)
• CARNOT, MARIE FRANCOIS SADI (1837-1894)
• CARNOT, SADI NICOLAS LEONHARD (1796-1832)

Carnot, was the See also:

• OBJECT

object of his undying hatred . His policy was marked by a See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter hostility to the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian religion, which he proposed to supplant as a civilizing See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent by theophilanthropy, a new religion invented by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English deist See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams . The See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit of the coup d'etat of 18 Fructidor (4th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1797), by which the allied directors made themselves supreme, La Revelliere arrogated to himself in his Memoires, which in this as in other matters must be read with caution . Compelled to resign by the revolution of 30 Prairial (18th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1799) he lived in retirement in the country, and even after his return to Paris ten years later took no See also:

• PART

part in public affairs.' He died on the 27th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1824 . The Memoires of La Revelliere-Lepeaux were edited by R . D . D'Angers (Paris, 3 vols., 1895) . See also E .

Charavay, La Revelliere-Lepeaux et ses memoires (1895) and A . Meynier, Un Representant de la bourgeoisie angevine (1905) .