Marea
Mărĕa and Mărĕōta, ae, f.,
- a lake and city of Lower Egypt, not far from Alexandria (called in Gr. Μαρέα), Edict. Just. 13, 1; 9; 17 sq.—
- II Hence,
- A Mărĕō-tĭcus, 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.—
- B Mărĕ-ōtis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Μαρεῶτις, Mareotic: Mareotis Libya, a part of Libya bordering on Egypt, whose inhabitants are called Mă-rĕōtae, Μαρεῶται, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39: palus, the Mareotic lake, Lake Mareotis, id. 5, 10, 11, § 62; or absol.: Mărĕōtis, 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.
Marea u. Mareōta, ae, f. (griech. Μαρέα), ein See u. eine an ihm liegende gleichnamige Stadt in Unterägypten, unweit Alexandrias, berühmt durch den dort in schwerem Boden wachsenden starken Rot- u. Weißwein (vgl. Voß Verg. georg. 2, 91), j. Mariut, Form -ota, Edict. Iustin. 13. c. 1 u. 9 u. 17 sq. – Dav. a) Mareōtīs, idis, u. idos, f., mareotisch, Libya, Plin., u. bl. Mareotis (Μαρεῶτις), die Umgegend um Marea, der mareotische Bezirk, Plin.: palus, Curt., u. bl. Mareotis, Lucan., der mareotische See: M. vites, Verg. – b) Mareōticus, a, um, mareotisch, auch poet. = ägyptisch, vitis, Colum.: labor, die ägyptischen Pyramiden, Mart.: cortex, Papyrusstaude, Mart.: arbiter, Busiris, Stat. – subst., Mareōticum, ī, n., mareotischer Wein, Hor. carm. 1, 37, 14. – c) Mareōtae, ārum, m. (Μαρεῶται), die Bewohner von Marea, die Mareoten, Plin.
Mărĕa, v. Mareota.
Pro quolibet calato Mareæ, unum denarium,... pro quolibet equo portante Maream, unum denarium.
Marea
(Μάρεια, Μαρία, Μαρέη). A town of Lower Egypt, which gave its name to the district and lake of Mareotis. The lake was separated from the Mediterranean by the neck of land on which Alexandria stood, and supplied with water by the Canopic branch of the Nile and by canals. It served as the port of Alexandria for vessels navigating the Nile.
Marea
Marea, a frontier post in western Egypt
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