I.of or belonging to the sea, sea-, maritime (class.).
I. Lit.: “fluctus movi maritumos,” Plaut. Rud. prol. 69: “homines maritimi,” seamen, mariners, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 69; cf. absol.: “e barbaris ipsis nulli erant antea maritimi praeter Etruscos et Poenos,” id. Rep. 2, 4, 9: “maritimus et navalis hostis,” id. ib. 2, 3, 6: “loci maritimi, an remoti a mari,” id. Part. Or. 10, 36: “urbes,” on the seacoast, lying on the sea, id. Rep. 2, 3, 5; 2, 3, 6: “civitas,” Caes. B. G. 2, 34: “portus,” Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 139: “agri,” Liv. 29, 28: “provincia,” id. 37, 2: “ora,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; Caes. B. C. 3, 5: “cursus,” a voyage, Cic. Planc. 40: “res,” maritime affairs, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 70: “naves,” sea-going, Liv. 21, 63: “officium,” Caes. B. C. 3, 5: “ecfugere a vita marituma,” Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 108: “bellum,” with the pirates, Sall. C. 39, 1: “portus, navibus ab maritima vi tutus,” Liv. 37, 16: “sal,” sea-salt, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8: “silvae,” on the sea-coast, Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33: nuptiae, i. e. those of Peleus with Thetis (opp. terrenae nuptiae, i. e. with Musa), id. ib.: “usurae,” from maritime speculations, Dig. 22, 3, 6.—Subst.: mărĭtĭma , ōrum, n., maritime parts or places: “in maritimis sum,” Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2; so with gen.: “maritima Aetoliae vastare,” Liv. 38, 7: “maritima Africae,” Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 212: “Tarraconis,” Flor. 4, 12, 5.—*
II. Transf., changeable, inconstant, like the sea: “mores,” Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 11.
