Mărĕa | Mărĕōta, a, um | Mărĕō-tĭcus, ĭdis | Mărĕ-ōtis | Mă-rĕōtae | Mărĕōtis (noun F) : and
* A lakeand city of Lower Egypt, not far from Alexandria (called in Gr. Μαρέα), Edict. Just. 13, 1; 9; 17 sq.
* Hence
* Adj., Mareotic: (vinum),Hor. C. 1, 37, 14: vites,Col. 3, 2.—Transf.: Egyptian: arva,Ov. M. 9, 733: cortex,the papyrus plant,Mart. 14, 209: labor,the Egyptian pyramids,id. 8, 36, 3: arbiter,i. e. Busiris,Stat. S. 4, 6, 103.
* Adj. f., = Μαρεῶτις, Mareotic: Mareotis Libya, a part of Libya bordering on Egypt, whose inhabitants are called, Μαρεῶται, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39: palus,the Mareotic lake, Lake Mareotis,id. 5, 10, 11, § 62; or absol.: , Luc. 9, 354: puppis, i. e. navis Alexandrina,Stat. S. 3, 2, 103: uva,Luc. 10, 160: vites,Verg. G. 2, 91; Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 39.