1. măre — Lewis & Short
măre, is (
I 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. a(/ls marmare/h, Il. 14, 273); Gr. ma/rmaros; 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.
I Lit.
A 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.—
B In partic., of single seas:
mare nostrum,i. e. the Mediterranean Sea, Caes. B. G. 5, 1; Sall. J. 17; Plin. 6, 28, 30, § 126; Luc. 8, 293:
mare superum,the Upper Sea, the Adriatic, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 11; Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 69; Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 6, § 41; 3, 5, 10 al.: mare inferum, the Etruscan Sea, Cic. l. l.; Att. 8, 3, 5; Mel. l. l.;
Plin. l. l. al.: mare Aegeum,Juv. 13, 246: mare rubrum, v. ruber;
of a fresh - water lake: Galileae,Vulg. Matt. 4, 18.—
II Transf. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A 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.—
B The color of the sea, sea-green:
smaragdi virens mare,Plin. 37, 6, 21, § 80. —*
C Of the air: mare aëris, the sea, i. e. expanse of air:
id omne Aëris in magnum fertur mare,Lucr. 5, 276.—
D A large vessel:
bases et mare aëneum,Vulg. 4 Reg. 25, 13.