Mare Balticum

Latin

Etymology

From mare (sea) + balticum, the neuter form of balticus (Baltic). Literally "the Baltic sea".

Proper noun

Mare Balticum n sg (genitive Maris Balticī); third declension

  1. Baltic Sea (a sea in Northern Europe, an arm of the Atlantic enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem) with a second-declension adjective, singular only.

singular
nominative Mare Balticum
genitive Maris Balticī
dative Marī Balticō
accusative Mare Balticum
ablative Marī Balticō
vocative Mare Balticum

References

  • Guilielmo Blaeuw (1622) Europa recens descripta [A recent description of Europe] (in Latin).