I.midland, inland, remote from the sea, mediterranean (opp. to maritimus).
I. Adj. (class.): “nascitur ibi plumbum album in mediterraneis regionibus, in maritimis ferrum,” Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 5: “locus (opp. maritimus),” Quint. 5, 10, 37: “homines maxime mediterranei,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 70: “Enna mediterranea est maxime,” id. ib. 2, 3, 83, § “191: commercium,” Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 63: “jurisdictiones,” id. 5, 28, 29, § 105: “copiae,” Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 28.—
B. Esp., in late Lat.: Mediterraneum mare, the Mediterranean Sea, for Mare magnum, Isid. Orig. 13, 16.—
II. Subst.: mĕdĭterrānĕum , i, n., the interior (post-Aug.): “in mediterraneo est Segeda,” Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 10.—In plur.: mĕdĭterrānĕa , ōrum, n., the inland parts, interior of a country: “Galliae,” Liv. 21, 31, 2: “in mediterraneis Hispaniae,” Plin. 33, 12, 51, § 158.
