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語源

Literally, “Our Sea”.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈma.rɛ ˈnɔs.trũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈmaː.re ˈnɔs.trum]

固有名詞

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

1. Mediterranean Sea (the sea between Europe and Africa)

   Synonyms: Mare Magnum, Mare Internum, (Late Latin) Mare Mediterrāneum

   • 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, vi, 47 (alt. 32):

     […] multīs gentibus eōrum dēductīs illō ā Tigrāne Magnō, sponte vērō ad mare nostrum lītusque 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 […]

   • Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Aegyptus inferior ab oriente habet Palaestīnam, ab occasū Libyam, ab septentriōne mare Nōstrum...

     Lower Egypt has Palestine to its east, Libya to its west, the Mediterranean to its north...

語形変化

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