maritimus
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
Derived from mare (“sea”). Compare fīnitimus, lēgitimus.
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maˈri.ti.mus/, [mäˈrɪt̪ɪmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈri.ti.mus/, [mäˈriːt̪imus]
Adjective edit
maritimus (feminine maritima, neuter maritimum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to the sea; marine, maritime.
- (figuratively) changeable, inconstant
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | maritimus | maritima | maritimum | maritimī | maritimae | maritima | |
| Genitive | maritimī | maritimae | maritimī | maritimōrum | maritimārum | maritimōrum | |
| Dative | maritimō | maritimō | maritimīs | ||||
| Accusative | maritimum | maritimam | maritimum | maritimōs | maritimās | maritima | |
| Ablative | maritimō | maritimā | maritimō | maritimīs | |||
| Vocative | maritime | maritima | maritimum | maritimī | maritimae | maritima | |
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References edit
- “maritimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “maritimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maritimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the alternation of tides: aestus maritimi mutuo accedentes et recedentes (N. D. 2. 53. 132)
- geographical knowledge: regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia
- a seaport town: oppidum maritimum
- to have a powerful navy: rebus maritimis multum valere
- the alternation of tides: aestus maritimi mutuo accedentes et recedentes (N. D. 2. 53. 132)