Oceanum Britannicum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈke.a.nũː brɪˈtan.nɪ.kũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈt͡ʃɛː.a.num briˈt̪an.ni.kum]
Proper noun
Ōceanum Britannicum m
- accusative of Ōceanus Britannicus (“the English Channel”)
- c. 43 CE, Pomponius Mela, A Description of the World 1.15.1:
- Eurōpa terminōs habet ab oriente Tanain et Maeōtida et Pontum, ā merīdiē reliqua Nostrī Maris, ab occidente Atlanticum, ā septentriōne Britannicum Ōceanum.
- Europe has boundaries: to the east, the Don and Sea of Azov and Black Sea; to the south, the remaining parts of the Mediterranean; to the west, the Atlantic; to the north, the British Ocean.
- Eurōpa terminōs habet ab oriente Tanain et Maeōtida et Pontum, ā merīdiē reliqua Nostrī Maris, ab occidente Atlanticum, ā septentriōne Britannicum Ōceanum.