Mare Mediterraneum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === mare Mediterrāneum, mare mediterrāneum === Etymology === Literally, “Landlocked Sea”. Earliest extant use by Isidore of Seville in the 6th century. It is said Solinus used it two centuries prior. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈma.rɛ mɛ.dɪ.tɛrˈraː.ne.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.re me.di.terˈraː.ne.um] === Proper noun === Mare Mediterrāneum n sg (genitive Maris Mediterrāneī); third declension (Late Latin) Mediterranean Sea (the sea between Europe and Africa) Synonyms: Mare Nostrum, Mare Magnum, Mare Internum ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem) with a second-declension adjective, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: mer Miterraine → Middle French: mer Mediterraine (semi-learned) → Middle French: mer Mediterranee (learned)French: mer Méditerranée