maritimus

Latin

Alternative forms

• maritumus

Etymology

Derived from mare (“sea”) +‎ -timus (also spelled -tumus), from Proto-Indo-European *-(t)m̥mos. Compare fīnitimus, lēgitimus.

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maˈrɪ.tɪ.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [maˈriː.ti.mus]

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

• Joseph Henry Allen and James Bradstreet Greenough (1903), “New Latin Grammar”, in Perseus Digital Library‎^[1]
• Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), “A Dictionary of the Latin Language”, in Alatius‎^[2]
• Michael Weiss (2009), “Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin, page 118”, in Internet Archive‎^[3]
• Michael Weiss (2009), “Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin, page 286”, in Internet Archive‎^[4]
• “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^[5], 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