mĕdĭ-terrānĕus — Lewis & Short
mĕdĭ-terrānĕus, a, um, adj.mediusterra,
I midland, inland, remote from the sea, mediterranean (opp. to maritimus).
I 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.—
B Esp., in late Lat.: Mediterraneum mare, the Mediterranean Sea, for Mare magnum, Isid. Orig. 13, 16.—
II 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.