proper nounthird declension
Mare Nostrum
Mare Nostrum n sg (genitive Maris Nostrī)
Classical[ˈma.rɛ ˈnɔs.trũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmaː.re ˈnɔs.trum]
Meaning
- neutersingularMediterranean Sea (the sea between Europe and Africa)
[…] 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 […]79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, vi, 47 (alt. 32)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...
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Mare Nostrum | — |
| genitive | Maris Nostrī | — |
| dative | Marī Nostrō | — |
| accusative | Mare Nostrum | — |
| ablative | Marī Nostrō | — |
| vocative | Mare Nostrum | — |
Origins
Literally, “Our Sea”.