Mare Nostrum

Latin

FWOTD – 3 March 2019

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.re ˈnos.trum/, [ˈmärɛ ˈnɔs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.re ˈnos.trum/, [ˈmäːre ˈnɔst̪rum]

Proper noun

Mare Nostrum n sg (genitive Maris Nostrī); third declension

1. Mediterranean Sea (a sea), Literally, “Our Sea”
   • 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, vi, 47 (alt. 32):

     […] multis gentibus eorum deductis illo a Tigrane Magno, sponte vero ad mare nostrum litusque Aegyptium […]

     […] many of their tribes having been brought to that place by Tigranes the Great, but [some having come] willingly to the Mediterranean and the Egyptian coast […]

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem) with a second-declension adjective, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mare Nostrum
genitive	Maris Nostrī
dative	Marī Nostrō
accusative	Mare Nostrum
ablative	Marī Nostrō
vocative	Mare Nostrum

Synonyms

• Mare Magnum
• Mare Internum
• Mare Mediterrāneum (Late Latin)

Spanish

Proper noun

Mare Nostrum m

1. Mediterranean; Mediterranean Sea

   Synonyms: mar Mediterráneo, Mediterráneo