măre (noun N) : (
* Abl. sing. mare, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 45 and 111 P.; and in Prisc. p. 759 ib.; Lucr. 1, 161; Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20; id. P. 4, 6, 46; 198; Lact. Mort. Pers. 21, 11; gen. plur. marum, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 770 P.), n. root mar-, gleam, glimmer (cf. ἅλς μαρμαρέη, Il. 14, 273); Gr. μάρμαρος; Lat. marmor; Sanscr. mīras, sea; Goth. marei; Angl. - Sax. mere; Germ. Meer. Curtius, however, refers these words to root mar-, die; cf. morior, marceo, the sea, opp. to dry land.
* Lit.
* In gen.: sol, qui Mare, terram, caelum contines tuo cum lumine, Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6, 31 (Trag. v. 322 Vahl.): indu mari magno, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 425 ib.): mare infidum,Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 13: fluctuosum,id. Rud. 4, 2, 5: ventosum,Hor. C. 3, 4, 45: tumultuosum,id. ib. 3, 1, 26: tumidum,Verg. A. 8, 671: placidum,id. E. 2, 26: tranquillum,Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 4: vastissimum,Cic. Pis. 24, 57: vastum atque apertum,Caes. B. G. 3, 12: profundum et immensum,Cic. Planc. 6, 15: planum,Juv. 12, 62: numquam ingressus es mare,Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 5: mare pedibus ingredi,Lact. 4, 15, 21: remenso ire mari,Verg. A. 3, 144: terrā marique, by sea and by land: terra marique acquirenda,i. e. at all hazards,Juv. 14, 222; v. terra.—In plur.: maria salsa, Enn. ap. Non. 183, 18 (Trag. v. 145 Vahl.): quibus cavernis maria sustineantur,Cic. Tusc. 5, 24 fin.: in reliquis maribus,Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 2.—Poet. as a figure for hard-heartedness: te saevae progenuere ferae Aut mare, etc.,Ov. H. 7, 39; cf. Cat. 64, 155; cf. also: Nam mare haud est mare; vos mare acerrumum; nam in mari repperi, hic elavi bonis,Plaut. As. 1, 2, 8 sq.: meretricem ego item esse reor mare ut est; quod des devorat, numquam abundat,id. Truc. 2, 7, 17 sq.—In apposition with Oceanus: proximus mare Oceanum in Andibus hiemarat,Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2; Tac. H. 4, 12; cf. also: ecce maris magna claudit nos obice pontus,the depths of the sea,Verg. A. 10, 377: maria omnia caelo Miscere,id. ib. 5, 790.—Prov.: mare caelo miscere, to mingle sea and sky, i. e. to raise a terrific storm, bluster: clames licet, et mare caelo Confundas, homo sum,Juv. 6, 282: quis caelum terris non misceat et mare caelo,id. 2, 25: terrā marique aliquid quaerere or conquirere, to search for a thing by sea and land, i. e. everywhere, Plaut. Poen. prol. 105; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9; Sall. C. 13: maria et montes polliceri, to promise seas and mountains, i. e. more than one can perform, id. ib. 23, 2: his qui contentus non est, in mare fundat aquas, pour water into the sea, i. e. fill that which is already full, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 44.
* Transf. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Sea-water, salt-water: Chium maris expers,unmixed Chian wine,Hor. S. 2, 8, 15 (id est, sine aqua marina, Schol. Acr.); so, vinum mari condire,Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 73.
* The color of the sea, sea-green: smaragdi virens mare,Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 80. —*
* Of the air: mare aëris, the sea, i. e. expanse of air: id omne Aëris in magnum fertur mare,Lucr. 5, 276.
* A large vessel: bases et mare aëneum,Vulg. 4 Reg. 25, 13.

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