Meaning of Mare Nostrum | Babel Free
[ˈma.rɛ ˈnɔs.trũː]Definitions
Mediterranean Sea (a sea), Literally, “Our Sea”
declension-3, neuter, singular
Equivalents
English
Mediterranean Sea
Examples
“[…] multīs gentibus eōrum dēductīs illō ā Tigrāne Magnō, sponte vērō ad mare nostrum lītusque Aegyptium […]”
[…] many of their tribes having been brought to that place by Tigranes the Great, but [some having come] willingly to the Mediterranean and the Egyptian coast […]
“Orosius’ History Against the Pagans Aegyptus inferior ab oriente habet Palaestīnam, ab occasū Libyam, ab septentriōne mare Nōstrum...”
Lower Egypt has Palestine to its east, Libya to its west, the Mediterranean to its north...
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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