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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *mor-i-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [trãːs.maˈriː.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [tranz.maˈriː.nus]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''trānsmarīnus''' (feminine trānsmarīna, neuter trānsmarīnum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also spelled ''trāmarīnus''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|trāns-|marīnus|t1=across|t2=of the sea]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) [[m|la|marīnus]] comes from [[m|la|mare|t=sea]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*mari-|t=sea, lake]] and [[ine-pro|*mor-i-|t=sea, lake]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|muir|t=sea]], [[lt|mãrės]] and [[goh|meri|t=sea, lake]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler dates it from Plautus,^(Köbler 2010) whose ''Mostellaria'' has a guest from overseas, ''hospes transmarinus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan dates it from Varro.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It means belonging to or coming from a country beyond the sea:^(OLD 2012) Livy speaks of overseas peoples and embassies, Cicero of overseas revenues, and the ''Bellum Alexandrinum'' of auxiliary troops from overseas.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of places it is situated overseas, as Velleius' overseas provinces and Seneca's fertile lands beyond the sea,^(OLD 2012) and of events taking place overseas or concerned with overseas affairs, as Quintilian's journey abroad.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of a guest from overseas.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of overseas revenues.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of overseas peoples and embassies.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 20 BC–30 AD – Velleius Paterculus, of overseas provinces.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # From beyond the sea, foreign, [[m|en|transmarine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Of places: situated [[m|en|overseas]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Taking place overseas; concerned with overseas affairs.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[marīnus]]
+ * [[mare]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}