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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μαρμαρική (Marmarikḗ).
Proper noun
Marmarica f sg (genitive Marmaricae); first declension
- a sandy and barren district situated between Cyrenaica and Egypt, on the border of modern Libya and Egypt
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Marmaricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Marmarica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Marmarica”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly