mare is (abl. mare, O.), n 1 MAR-, the sea: o maria Neptuni, T.: ut adluantur mari moenia: ventosum, H.: placidum, V.: angustum, straits: numquam es ingressus mare, T.: remenso ire mari, V.: eo mari uti, navigate, Cs.: ros maris (i. e. ros marinus), rosemary, O.: terrā marique omnia exquirere, everywhere, S.: homines terrā et mari missurus, in all directions: terrāque marique acquirenda, i. e. at all hazards, Iu.: in reliquis maribus, Cs.: maris pontus, depths of the sea, V.: maria omnia caelo Miscuit, V.

—Provv.: Omnia vel medium fiant mare, i. e. let the world be overwhelmed, V.: clames licet, et mare caelo Confundas, i. e. bluster, Iu.: maria montisque polliceri, i. e. make extravagant promises, S.: in mare fundat aquas, i. e. carry coals to Newcastle, O.

—Of single seas: mare nostrum, i. e. the Mediterranean, Cs.: mare superum, the Adriatic: Africum, S.: inferum, the Etruscan Sea: Aegeum, Iu.

—Sea-water, salt-water: Chium maris expers, i. e. unmixed, H.: acceptum mare naribus efflant, O.