ocean (adj.) Copy link • ocean (adj.): ōcĕănus: Cic. Rep. 6, 20: Caes. Also, mare oceanum (adj.): Tac. H. 4, 12 (al. mare oceanus): next the o., proximus mare oceanum, Caes. B. G. 3, 7. In fig. sense (colloq.), mărĕ: cf. Sall. Cat. 23, maria montesque polliceri.
ocean (adj.) Copy link • ocean (adj.): ōcĕănensis, e: epith. of Bononia (Boulogne): Num. in Eckhel. 8, p. 110. Or gen. of oceanus: v. ocean.
OCEAN Copy link • OCEANoceanus (Cic.). ☞ Mare oceanum is found in Caes. in the accusative, and in Tac., in the nominative, so that, in the latter at least, it is an adjective.