lunar mare

m sea

in alto mare on the high seas

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mare s.m.

1 sea: mare agitato, molto agitato, moderate, rough sea; mare calmo, calm sea; mare corto, choppy sea; mare di poppa, following sea; mare di prua, head sea; mare di traverso, abeam sea; mare grosso, very rough sea; mare in burrasca, stormy sea; mare leggermente mosso, light sea; mare lungo, long sea; mare piatto, quasi calmo, smooth sea; mare tempestoso, tempestosissimo, very high, stormy sea; mare aperto, open sea (o high seas); mare chiuso, closed sea; mare interno, inland sea; mare litoraneo, litoral sea; (dir.) mare territoriale, territorial waters (o sea); in mare aperto, in alto mare, in (o on) the open sea; al di là del mare, beyond the sea (s); braccio di mare, arm of the sea; (mil.) forze di terra e di mare, land and sea forces; gente di mare, sea-going people; uomo di mare, seaman; livello del mare, sea level; sopra, sotto il livello del mare, above, below sea level; Milano è a 120 metri sul livello del mare, Milan is 120 metres above sea level; mal di mare, seasickness: soffrire, non soffrire il mal di mare, to suffer, not to suffer from seasickness; nave di alto mare, sea-going ship; per mare, by sea; verso il mare, seaward (o seawards); porto di mare, seaport; casa sua è un porto di mare, (fig.) his house is like a railway station; vento di mare, sea-breeze (o onshore wind); aria di mare, sea-air; l'aria di mare gli fa bene, sea-air is good for him; il mare è calmo come l'olio, the sea is like a sheet of glass; l'ammiraglio ordinò di calare una scialuppa in mare, the admiral ordered a boat to be lowered; fu seppellito in mare, he was buried at sea; la nave subì un colpo di mare, the ship was struck by a heavy sea; un'onda lo gettò in mare, a wave swept him into the sea, (da una nave) a wave swept him overboard; Palermo è una città di mare, Palermo is a town on the sea; Venezia era la signora dei mari, Venice was the mistress of the seas; avere il dominio dei mari, to have the mastery of the seas; cadere in mare, to fall into the sea, (da una nave) to fall overboard; gettare in mare, to throw into the sea, (da una nave) to throw overboard; mettere in mare una nave, to set a vessel afloat; prendere il mare, to set sail, (di persone) to go to sea; (comm.) spedire via mare, to ship; tenere il mare, to keep the sea; nave atta a tenere il mare, seaworthy ship; viaggiare per mare, to travel by sea // uomo in mare!, man overboard! // è una goccia nel mare, it's a drop in the ocean // la questione è ancora in alto mare, the question is still undecided; siamo ancora in alto mare!, we still have a long way to go! // cercare qlcu. per terra e per mare, to hunt high and low for s.o. // portare acqua al mare, to carry coals to Newcastle // promettere mari e monti, to promise wonders // ha gettato a mare anche il lavoro per seguirla, he even threw up his job to follow her

2 (geogr.) Mare, Sea: il Mare Adriatico, the Adriatic Sea; il Mar Baltico, the Baltic Sea; il Mar Caspio, the Caspian Sea; il Mare dei Caraibi, the Caribbean Sea; il Mare del Giappone, della Cina, the Japan, China Sea; il Mare Jonio, the Ionian Sea; il Mare Mediterraneo, the Mediterranean Sea; il Mar Morto, the Dead Sea

3 (luogo sul mare) seaside: abbiamo conosciuto parecchia gente al mare, we met a lot of people at the seaside; l'anno scorso andammo al mare per le vacanze, last year we went to the seaside for our holidays

4 (astr.) (della Luna o di altri corpi celesti) mare*, sea: mare lunare, lunar sea; il Mare della Tranquillità, Sea of Tranquillity

5 (fig.) (quantità smisurata) flood, sea; host; (moltitudine) hordes (pl.), crowds (pl.): un mare di gente, crowds of people; un mare di guai, big trouble: trovarsi in un mare di guai, to be in big (o deep) trouble; un mare di sangue, a sea of blood

6 frutti di mare, seafood, shellfish: (cuc.) spaghetti ai frutti di mare, spaghetti with a seafood sauce.

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1. sm

1) (gen) sea

2) (gran quantità di: lettere, lamentele) flood, (gente, problemi, difficoltà) host, (lavoro) pile

- il Mar Adriatico

- il mar Caspio

- il mare del Nord

- il mar Morto

- il mar Nero

- il mar Rosso

- il mar dei Sargassi

- i mari del Sud

- il mare della Tranquillità

- il mar Mediterraneo

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sostantivo maschile

1) sea

2) (zona costiera) seaside

3) fig. (grande quantità) sea, ocean

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mare

/'mare/ ⇒ 27

sostantivo m.

 1 sea; via mare, per mare by sea, by water; in alto mare on the open o high seas, offshore; fig. offshore; siamo ancora in alto mare fig. we still have a long way to go; essere in mare to be at sea; mettersi in mare to take to the sea; prendere il mare to go to sea, to put (out) to sea; uomo in mare! man overboard! acqua di mare seawater; Mar Mediterraneo Mediterranean Sea; Mar Morto Dead Sea; Mare del Nord North Sea; Mar Rosso Red Sea

 2 (zona costiera) seaside; andare al mare to go to the seaside o sea

 3 fig. (grande quantità) sea, ocean; un mare di guai a heap of trouble; un mare di gente a crowd of people; un mare di lacrime floods of tears

IDIOMS

cercare qcs. per mare e per terra o per -i e per monti to hunt high and low for sth.

1) General subject: lunar sea

2) Engineering: lunar mare

3) Astronautics: mare

4) Makarov: lunar mare sea

1) General subject: mare ( sea)

2) Makarov: lunar mare, lunar sea

f. (f. of rohita, « red», below;

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By (or According to) these criteria, the main mass of the lunar highlands is older than the mare ( seas).

अश्वः [अश्नुते अध्वानं व्याप्नोति, महाशनो वा भवति Nir.; अश्-क्वन् Uṇ.1.149]

1 A horse; the horses are said to have 7 breeds:- अमृताद् बाष्पतो वह्नेर्वेदेभ्यो$ण़्डाच्च गर्भतः । साम्नो हयानामुत्पत्तिः सप्तधा परिकीर्तिता ॥

-2 A symbolical expression for the number 'seven' (that being the number of the horses of the Sun) सूर्याश्वैर्मसजस्तताः सगुरवः शार्दूलविक्रीडितम् V. Ratn.

-3 A race of men (horselike in strength); काष्ठतुल्यवपुर्धृष्यो मिथ्याचारश्च निर्भयः । द्वादशाङ्गुलमेढ्रश्च दरिद्रस्तु हयो मतः ॥

-श्वौ (du.) A horse and a mare.

-श्वाः horses and mares. [cf. L. equus; Gr. hippos; Zend aspa; Pers. asp.]

-Comp. -अक्षः N. of a plant देवसर्षप.

-अजनी a whip अश्वाजनि प्रचेतसो$श्वान् त्समत्सु चोदय Rv.6.75.13.

-अधिक a. strong in cavalry, superior in horses.

-अध्यक्षः a guardian of horses, commander of horse-cavalry.

-अनीकम् a troop of horse- men, cavalry.

-अरिः a buffalo.

-अवरोहकः N. of a tree अश्वगन्धा.

-आयुर्वेदः veterinary science concerning hores.

-आरूढ a. mounted, sitting on horse-back.

-आरोह a. riding or mounted on horse. (

-हः)

1 a horseman, rider.

-2 one who is fighting.

-3 a ride.

(-हा), -आरोहकः N. of the plant अश्वगन्धा.

-आरोहणीयम् Horsemen, cavalry. इदानीमश्वारोहणीयं क्व गतम् Pratijñā. 1.

-आरोहिन् a. mounted or riding on horseback.

-इषित a. hurried along by horses.

- उरस a. broad-chested like a horse. (

-सम्) the chief or principal horse.

-कन्दा, -कन्दिका N. of a plant अश्वगन्धा.

-कर्णः, -कर्णकः 1 a kind of tree (Vatica Robusta; Mar. साग, राळ) Rām.1.24.15; Māl.9.

-2 the ear of a horse.

-3 a term in surgery for a particular fracture of the bones. (

-र्णः) N. of a mountain.

-कुटी a stable for horses; Pt.5.

-कुशल, -कोविद a. skilled in managing horses.

-क्रन्दः 1 N. of a bird.

-2 a general of the army of the gods.

-खरजः [अश्वश्च खरी च अश्वा च खरश्च वा ताभ्यां जायते पुंवद्भावः Tv.] a kind of horse, mule.

-खुरः 1 a horse's hoof.

-2 a kind of perfume. (

-रा) N. of the plant अपराजिता.

-गति f.

1 the pace of a horse.

-2 N. of a metre containing four lines of sixteen syllables in each.

-गन्धा [अश्वस्य गन्ध एकदेशो मेढ्रमिव मूलमस्याः] N. of a plant Physalis Flexuosa Lin; ˚तैलम् a kind of oil.

-गुप्तः N. of a Buddhist teacher.

-गोयुगः, -गम् a pair of horses.

-गोष्ठम् a stable.

-ग्रीवः 1 N. of a demon who was a foe of Viṣṇu.

-घासः a pasture for horses.

-घासकायस्थः An officer in charge of the fodder for the horses Rāj. T.3.489.

-घोषः N. of a Buddhist writer.

-घ्नः [अश्वं हन्ति अमनुष्यकर्तृकत्वात्]

1 a horse-bane.

-2 N. of a kind of Oleander, Nerium Odorum Ait. (Mar. पांढरी कण्हेर)

-चक्रम् 1 a collection of horses.

-2 a kind of wheel.

-चर्या Taking care of a horse; तस्या- श्वचर्यां काकुस्थ दृढधन्वा महारथः (अंशुमानकरोत्) Rām.1.396-7.

-चलनशाला a riding house.

-चिकित्सकः, -वैद्यः a far- rier, a veterinary surgeon.

-चिकिसा farriery, veteri- nary science.

-चेष्टितम् 1 the motion of horses.

-2 an omen, auspicious or inauspicious.

-जघनः a kind of centaur; a creature having his lower limbs like those of a horse.

-जित् a. gaining horses by conquest. Rv.2.21.1; पवस्व गोजिदश्वजित् Rv.9.59.1.

-जीवनः gram.

-तीर्थम् N. of a place of pilgrimage near Kānyakubja on the Gaṅgā; अदूरे कान्यकुब्जस्य गङ्गायास्तीर- मुत्तमम् । अश्वतीर्थं तदद्यापि मानैवः परिचक्ष्यते ॥ Mb.13.4.17

-द a. giving horses; Ms.4.231.

-दंष्ट्रा the plant Tribulus Lanuginosus (गोक्षुर, Mar. गोखरू).

-दाः, -दावन् m. giving horses. अरिष्टो येषां रथो व्यश्वदावन्नीयते Rv.5.18. 3.

-दूतः a riding messenger.

-नदी N. of a river.

-नाथः one who has the charge of a drove of grazing horses; a horse herd.

-निबन्धिकः a groom, a horse- fastener.

-निर्णिज् a. Ved. decorated or embellished with horses, गोअर्णसि त्वाष्ट्रे अश्वनिर्णिजि Rv.1.76.3.

-पः Ved. a groom; Vāj.3.11.

-पतिः 1 lord of horses Rv.8.21.3.

-2 N. of several persons; of a king of Madra and father of Sāvitri.

-पर्ण a. [अश्वानां पर्णं गमनं यत्र]

1 having horses (as a chariot); Rv.1.88.1.

-2 a cloud (that penetrates everywhere).

-पालः, -पालकः, -रक्षः a horse-groom.

-पुच्छी N. of the tree माषपर्णी Glycine Debilis. (Mar. रान उडीद).

-पृष्ठम् horse back.

-पेशस् a. decorated or embellished with horses; ये स्तोतृभ्यो गोअग्रामश्वपेशसम् Rv.2.1.16.

-बन्धः a groom.

-बन्धन a. used for fastening horses. (

-नम्) fastening of horses.

-बला N. of a vegetable (Mar. मेथी).

-बालः 1 a kind of reed, Saccharum Spontaneum Lin. (Mar. बोरू).

-2 the tail or hair of a horse.

-बुध्न a. Ved. based on horses, standing on horses, i. e. on a carriage drawn by horses; अस्य पत्मन्नरुषीरश्ववुध्ना Rv.1.8.3.

-बुध्य a. Ved. based on horses, having its origin in horses (wealth); distinguished by horses Rv.1.121. 14.

-भा lightning.

-मन्दुरा A stable of horses.

-महिषिका [अश्वमहिषयोर्वैरं वुन्] the natural enmity be- tween a horse and a buffalo.

-मारः, -मारकः, -हन्तृ m. 'horse-destroying', a kind of Oleander, Nerium Odorum Ait. (Mar. पांढरी कण्हेर).

-मालः a kind of serpent.

-मुख a. [अश्वस्य मुखमिव मुखमस्य] having the head or face of a horse. (

-खः) a horse-faced creature, a Kinnara or celestial chorister; (according to others) a kind of demigod distinct from the preceding. (

-खी) a Kinnara woman; भिन्दन्ति मन्दां गतिमश्वमुख्यः Ku.1.11.

-मुक् m. a horse-stealer.

-मेधः [अश्वः प्रधानतया मेध्यते हिंस्यते$त्र, मेध् हिंसने घञ्] a horse-sacrifice; यथाश्वमेधः क्रतुराट् सर्वपापापनोदनः Ms.11.26. [In Vedic times this sacrifice was performed by kings desirous of offspring; but subsequently it was performed only by kings and implied that he who instituted it, was a conqueror and king of kings. A horse was turned loose to wander at will for a year, attended by a guardian; when the horse entered a foreign country, the ruler was bound either to submit or to fight. In this way the horse returned at the end of a year, the guardian obtaining or enforcing the submission of princes whom he brought in his train. After the successful return of the horse, the rite called Asva- medha was performed amidst great rejoicings. It was believed that the performance of 1 such sacrifices would lead to the attainment of the seat or world of Indra, who is, therefore, always repre- sented as trying to prevent the completion of the hundredth sacrifice. cf. Rv.1.162-163 hymns; Vāj.22 seq.]

˚काण्डम् N. of the thirteenth book of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.

-मेधिक, -मेधीय a. fit for a horse-sacrifice, or relating to it. (

-कः, -यः) a horse fit for the Aśvamedha sacrifice. (

-कम्) the fourteenth parvan in the Mahābhārata; ततो$श्वमेधिकं पर्व प्रोक्तं तच्च चतुर्दशम् Mb.

-युज् a.

1 yoking the horses; वयोवृधो अश्वयुजः परिज्रयः Rv.5.54.2.

-2 having horses yoked to it (as a carriage); रथेनाश्वयुजा Rām.

-3 born under the constellation अश्वयुज्. (f.)

1 N. of a constellation, the head of Aries.

-2 the first lunar mansion.

-3 the month of Āśvina.

-4 a chariot having horses.

-यूपः the post to which the sacrificial horse was bound; ये अश्वयूपाय तक्षति Rv.1.162.6.

-योग a.

1 causing the yoking of horses.

-2 joining or reaching as quickly as horses; उत न ईं मतयो$श्वयोगाः Rv.1.186.7.

-रक्षः the keeper or rider of a horse, a groom.

-रथः a carriage drawn by horses. (

-था) N. of a river near गन्धमादन.

-रत्नम्, -राजः the best or lord of horses; i. e. उच्चैःश्रवस्.

-राधस् a. Ved. furnishing horses; शुम्भन्त्यश्वराधसः Rv.1.21.2.

-रिपुः A buffalo; Bhāvaprakāśa.

-रोधकः N. of a plant (अंश्वमार); see अश्वघ्न.

-लक्षणम् a sign or mark of a horse.

-ललितम् N. of a species of the Vikṛiti metre.

-लाला a kind of snake.

-लोमन् n. horse-hair; a kind of snake.

-वक्त्रः = अश्वमुख q. v.; a Kinnara or Gandharva.

-वडवम् a stud of horses and mares; P.II.4.12,27. mares.

-वदनः = ˚मुख.

-वहः a horseman.

-वाजिन् a. Having the strength of a horse; स मातरिश्वा विभुरश्ववाजी Mb.13.158.2.

-वारः, -वालः, -वारकः [अश्वं वारयति उप. स.] a horseman, groom; दुःखेन निश्चक्रमुरश्ववाराः Śi.3.66.

-वारणम् N. of the Bos Gavaeus (गवय).

-वाहः, -वाहकः [अश्वं वाहयति चालयति] a horseman.

-विक्रयिन् a. a horse-dealer.

-विद् a.

1 skilled in taming or managing horses.

-2 [अश्वं विन्दते विद्-क्विप्] procuring horses; उत नो गोविद- श्ववित् Rv.9.55.3. (m.)

1 a jockey.

-2 an epithet of Nala.

-वृषः a stallion; वडवेतराभवदश्ववृष इतरः Bṛi. Up.1.4.4.

-वैद्यः a farrier.

-व्रतम् N. of sāman.

-शकृत् n.,

-शकम् Ved.

1 excrements of a horse, horse-dung.

-2 N. of a river.

-शङ्कुः a pillar to tie a horse.

-शाला a stable;

-शावः a colt, a foal.

-शास्त्रम् 1 manual or text-book of veterinary science;

-2 N. of the work of Nakula.

-शिरस् a. having the head of a horse, an epithet of Nārāyaṇa. (n.)

1 a horse's head.

-2 N. of a Dānava.

-शृगालिका [अश्वशृगालयोर्वैरं द्वन्द्वाद् वैरे वुन्] the natural enmity between a horse and a jackal.

-षङ्गवम् a set or team of six horses.

-सधर्मन् a. Resembling horses in work; अश्वसधर्माणो हि मनुष्याः नियुक्ताः कर्मसु विकुर्वते । Kau. A.2.9.

-सनि, -षा, -सा a. Ved. (P.VIII.3.11 and Mbh.) gaining or procuring horses, giving horses; यस्ते$अश्वसनिर्भक्षो Vāj.8. 12.

-सादः, -सादिन् m. a horseman, a rider, a horse- soldier; पूर्वं प्रहर्ता न जघान भूयः प्रतिप्रहाराक्षममश्वसादी R.7. 47; Vāj.3-13.

-सारथ्यम् coachmanship, charioteer- ship, management of horses and chariots; सूतानाम- श्वसारथ्यम् Ms.1.47.

-सूक्तिन् N. of the author of the hymns Rv.8.14.15.

-सूत्रम् A text book of the management of horses.

-सूनृत a. Ved.

1 praised sincerely for (the gift of) horses; cf. Rv.5.79,1-1.

-2 whose praise for (giving) horses is agreeable and true.

-सेनः 1 N. of a king.

-2 N. of a Nāga.

-3 N. of the father of the twentythird Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī.

-स्तोमीय a. relating to the praise of the sacrificial horse. N. of the Ṛigvedic hymn 1. 162.

-स्थान a. born in a stable. (

-नम्) a stable or stall for horses; Y.1.279.

-हन्तृ a. killing a horse, (

-ता) N. of a fragrant plant.

-हय a. [अश्वेन हिनोति गच्छति हि कर्तरि अच्]

1 driving or spurring a horse, riding a horse; प्रत्यर्धिर्यज्ञानामश्वहयो रथानाम् Rv.1.26. 5.

-2 to be traversed by a horse; समस्य हरिं हरयो मृजन्त्यश्वहयैरनिशितं नमोभिः Rv.9.96.2.

-हारकः a horse- stealer; पङ्गुतामश्वहारकः Ms.11.51.

-हृदयम् [अश्वस्य हृदय- मनोगतभावादि]

1 the desire or intention of a horse.

-2 a kind of veterinary science.

-3 horsemanship; अश्वहृदये निवेश्यात्मानम् K.8.

-या N. of the Apsaras रम्भा.

अश्विनी [अश्वस्तदुत्तमाङ्गाकारो$स्त्यस्य इनि ङीप्]

1 The first of the 27 Nakṣatras or lunar mansions (con- sisting of three stars).

-2 A nymph considered in later times as the mother of the Aśvins, the wife of the Sun, who concealed herself in the from of a mare.

-Comp. -कुमारौ, -पुत्रौ, -सुतौ the twin sons of Aśvinī, the Sun's wife.

1.mare 2.sea