Marea and Mareōta, ae, f., a lake and city of Lower Egypt, not far from Alexandria (called in Gr. Μαρέα), Edict. Just. 13, 1; 9; 17 sq.

— Hence, Mareō-ticus, 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.

— Mare-ōtis, idis, adj. f., = Μαρεῶτις, Mareotic: Mareotis Libya, a part of Libya bordering on Egypt, whose inhabitants are called Ma-reōtae, Μαρεῶται, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39: palus, the Mareotic lake, Lake Mareotis, id. 5, 10, 11, § 62; or absol.: Mareōtis, 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.