Per mare per terram is the apt motto of the Royal Marines. It means by sea by land. The preposition per governs the accusative.
Interestingly, the English word marine is derived from the Latin adjective marinus, -a, -um of or pertaining to the sea, which is itself derived from the 3rd declension neuter noun mare, -is sea. Mare is cognate with the English mere meaning lake (e.g. Windermere), the German das Meer the sea and the French la mer also meaning the sea.
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