(adj.Adj.) : mĕdĭ-terrānĕus, a, um, adj.mediusterra
* Midland, inland, remote from the sea, mediterranean (opp. to maritimus).
* Adj. (class.): nascitur ibi plumbum album in mediterraneis regionibus, in maritimis ferrum,Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 5: locus (opp. maritimus),Quint. 5, 10, 37: homines maxime mediterranei,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 70: Enna mediterranea est maxime,id. ib. 2, 3, 83, § 191: commercium,Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 63: jurisdictiones,id. 5, 28, 29, § 105: copiae,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 28.
* Esp., in late Lat.: Mediterraneum mare, the Mediterranean Sea, for Mare magnum, Isid. Orig. 13, 16.
* Subst.: mĕdĭterrānĕum, i, n., the interior (post-Aug.): in mediterraneo est Segeda,Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 10.—In plur.: mĕdĭterrānĕa, ōrum, n., the inland parts, interior of a country: Galliae,Liv. 21, 31, 2: in mediterraneis Hispaniae,Plin. 33, 12, 51, § 158.

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