Mărĕa — Lewis & Short
Mărĕa and Mărĕōta, ae, f.,
I a lake and city of Lower Egypt, not far from Alexandria (called in Gr. *mare/a), Edict. Just. 13, 1; 9; 17 sq.—
II Hence,
A Mărĕō-tĭcus, a, um, 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.—
B Mărĕ-ōtis, ĭdis, adj. f., = *marew=tis, Mareotic: Mareotis Libya, a part of Libya bordering on Egypt, whose inhabitants are called Mă-rĕōtae, *marew=tai, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39:
palus,the Mareotic lake, Lake Mareotis, id. 5, 10, 11, § 62; or absol.: Mărĕōtis, 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.