maritimus

Latin

Alternative forms

• maritumus

Etymology

Derived from mare (“sea”). Compare fīnitimus, lēgitimus.

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈri.ti.mus/, [mäˈrɪt̪ɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈri.ti.mus/, [mäˈriːt̪imus]

Adjective

maritimus (feminine maritima, neuter maritimum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the sea; marine, maritime.
2. (figuratively) changeable, inconstant

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	maritimus	maritima	maritimum		maritimī	maritimae	maritima
genitive	maritimī	maritimae	maritimī		maritimōrum	maritimārum	maritimōrum
dative	maritimō	maritimae	maritimō		maritimīs
accusative	maritimum	maritimam	maritimum		maritimōs	maritimās	maritima
ablative	maritimō	maritimā	maritimō		maritimīs
vocative	maritime	maritima	maritimum		maritimī	maritimae	maritima

Synonyms

• (marine): marīnus, caeruleus

Related terms

• mare
• marīnus

Descendants

• Catalan: marítim, maresme, maresma
• Istriot: mareîtimo
• Italian: marittimo, maremma
• → Middle French: maritime
  • French: maritime
    • → Dutch: maritiem
  • → English: maritime
• Occitan: maritim
• Portuguese: marítimo, marisma
• Romanian: maritim
• Spanish: marítimo, marisma

References

• “maritimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maritimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maritimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the alternation of tides: aestus maritimi mutuo accedentes et recedentes (N. D. 2. 53. 132)
    
  • geographical knowledge: regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia
    
  • a seaport town: oppidum maritimum
    
  • to have a powerful navy: rebus maritimis multum valere