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terms. — With an accusat. Val. Flacc. 
1,588. Tanain tenus. (Some read Ta- 
nai.) -IT Figur. as far as. Liv. Vul- 
neribus tenus, h. e. until wounds were 
inflicted or received. -IT Also, accord¬ 
ing to , with regard to. Cic. Verbo tenus, 
h. e. according to the words , in appearance; 
nr better, so far as the general significa¬ 
tion of the word extends. Plin. Corpore 
tenus. — Hence, Hactenus, quatenus, 
eatenus. (See Hactenus, Quatenus, Eate- 
nus.) -IT Also, only, simply, merely. 
Virg. Summo tenus attigitore,/j. e. only 
with, & c. 
TEoS (Tsw?), i, f. a town of Ionia, the 
birthplace of Anacreon. Accusat. Te- 
um. Liv. — Hence, Telus, or Tejus, 
a, uni, adj. of or belonging to Teos. 
Horat. senex, h. e. Anacreon. Liv. 
Teii, the Teians. 
T2PEFXCI5 (tepeo & facio), is, eci, ac¬ 
tum, a. 3. Pass. Tepefio, actus sum, 
&c. to warm, make warm, make tepid or 
lukewarm, xXiaivw. Cic. Sol tepefaciat 
solum. Horat. ferrum in jugulo matris. 
So, also, Cels. Tepefieri_Tepefactus, 
a, urn, warmed, made warm or tepid. 
Virg. — Th efirst syllable is found short 
in Horat. and Virg.; long in Calull. 
TEPEFaCTOS, a, um. See Tepefacio. 
TEPEFI5. See Tepefacio. 
T2PE5 (unc.), es, ui, n. 2. to be warm or a 
2 little warm, be tepid or lukewarm, xXiai- 
vopai. Plin. Caro tepet. Horat. Hi- 
ems tepet. Hence, Id. Tepere aliquo, 
cr aliqua, k. e. to be in love with, &c. 
Hence, Tepens, warm, tepid. Ovid. snl. 
Virg. aura. Plin. cor. Figur. Ovid. 
Cor tepens, sc. amore, h. c. enamored, 
inflamed with love. -TI Also, to cool, 
grow cool, have lost its fire. Martial. 
Incipiat tepuisse calix (but this should 
ralher be referred to tepesco). Hence, 
figur. to be without fire, to be cool or in¬ 
different, as, in love. Ovid. Seu tepet, 
sive ainat. Quintil. Affectus tepet, h. e. 
is without fire, - cools, abates. -11 The 
perfect tepui rather belongs to tepesco. 
TEPkSCQ (tepeo), is, pui, n. 3 . to grow 
warm or tepid, grow a little hot, xXiai- 
vopat. Cic. Maria tepescunt. Cels. 
Ubi quam maxime tepuit.-IT Also, 
to lose its warmth or fire, to cool. Mar¬ 
tial. Incipiat tepuisse calix. Hence, 
figur. to grow lukewarm, become or grow 
cool, abate, relent, &c. Lucan. Mentes 
tepescunt. Calp. Veneres tepuere sub 
annis, h. e. become cool. 
TkPHRUS (retypiaq, sc. AI$o?, the ash- 
colored, from retypa, ashes), x, m. a 
kind of marble. Plin. 
TePIIRJTIS (retyping, ash-colored), idis, 
f. a Icind of precious stone. Plin. 
TEPIDaRICS (tepidus), a, um, adj. re- 
2 lating to lukewarm water or to bathing in 
lukewarm water. Vitruv. ahenum, h. e. 
a boiler containing lukewarm water. — 
Tepidarium, subst. a room or place where 
tepid baths are taken. Vitruv. 
TEPIOe (Id.), adv. tepidly, warmly, not 
coldly, with some degree of heat,, xXiapiog. 
Colum. Ut pulli tepide babeantur. Plin. 
Ep. Tepidius.--IT Also, figur. without 
energy or animation, languidly, remissly. 
Augustin. Tepidissime dicebat. 
T2P1D5 (Id.), as, a. 1. to make tepid or 
'-lukewarm, to warm, make warm. Plin. 
"’EPIDOS (tepeo), a, um, adj. tepid, luke¬ 
warm, warm (when moderately warm, not 
*"*)> xXtapd,-. Horat. bruma. Id. jus. 
Virg. cruor. Plin. Dies tepid iores. Plin. 
Cp. Cubir.ulum bieme tepidissimum. — 
Tepidum is also used adverbially. Ovid. 
Notus, tepidum qui spirat.-IT Also, 
not having its former heat, abated in heat. 
Ooid. rogus. — Hence, figur. remiss, 
languid, not ardent, lukewarm. Ovid. 
ignes. Id. mens. 
PEP5R (Td.), oris, nr. a gentle warmth; 
warmth, warmness, lukewarmness, tepidi- 
tyi'XXiavoig, dXca. Liv. solis, of the 
rising sun. Cic. maris. Id. Uva nec 
inodico tepore caret.-IT Also, a want 
°f proper heat, as, in a bath. Tacit. 
Hence, figur. lukewarmness, languor, 
want, of fire or animation, as, in speaking. 
■duct. dial, de Oral. 
EloRS (tepor), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
wahe lukewarm, tepid or warm. Hence, 
eporatus, a, um, made warm or luke¬ 
warm. PUn . 
112 
TEPoROS (Id.), a, um, adj. same as Te- 
J pidus. Auson. 
TEPiiLOS (unc.), a, um, adj. Plin. aqua, 
h. e. a water conducted to the capitol at 
Rome. Plin. 
TER (from tres, or -pi?), adv. three times, 
thrice, -pis, rpiaKig. Cic. Unde vix 
ter in anno audire nuntium possunt. 
Plin. Ter et vicies, h. e. twenty-three 
times. Ter decies. (See Terdecies .) 
Virg. Ter centum, or tercentum, or, 
Martial. Ter centeni, x, a, h. e. three 
hundred. Varr. Ter quinquageni, h. e. 
150. Enn. Ter quatuor, h. e. twelve. 
Horat. Bis ter ulnarum, for bis trium. 
Hence, Cels. Bis aut ter, h. e. two or three 
times. — Virg. Ter, h. e. three times, for 
several times, repeatedly, again and again, 
often. So, also, Horat. Ter et quater, or, 
ter quaterque. — Ter, for very, exceed¬ 
ingly. Horat. Ter ampius. Ovid. Ter 
felix. Also, Horat. Felix ter et ampli- 
us, li. e. happy in the highest degree. 
TERaMNCS (unc.), i, f. a kind of herb 
near Philippi, noxious to beans in poor 
soil. Plin. 
TeRBejVTINOS, a, um, adj. for Terebin- 
thinus. Vcget. 
TkRCeNTeNI (ter & centeni), te, a, adj. 
tliree hundred. Martial. 
TeRCeNTI, ffi, a, adj. for Trecenti. Mar¬ 
tial. 
TkRCeNTUM. See Ter. 
1 eRDECIeS, or TER DECIES, thirteen 
times. Vitruv. 
TeRDeNI (ter & deni), a>, a, adj. thirty, 
every thirty. Virg. Also, in the singu¬ 
lar. Sil. Terdeno bove. 
TEREBINTHINOS (-epefiivSnvos), a, um, 
adj. of or pertaining to the turpentine-tree, 
terebinthine. Cels, resin a. 
TEREBINTHIZOSX (repefiivSigovoa), as, 
f. sc. gemma, a precious stone of the color 
of turpen tine. Plin. 
TEREBiNTHOS (repeBivSos), i, f. the 
terebinth or turpentine-tree (Pistacia 
terebinthus, L.). Plin. 
TEREBRX (tero), te, f. an instrument for 
boring, a wimble, auger, jrierccr, borer, 
gimlet, reperpou, rpvnamv. Colum.. — 
Also, as a surgical instrument for 
boring. Cels. — Also, as a military en 
gine for piercing walls, a large iron bar 
pointedat its end. Vitruv. 
TEREBRaMEN (terebro), inis, n. a hole 
3 bored, as, by a worm, &c. Fuhrcnt. 
TEJJEBRaTI 5 (Id.), onis, f. a boring with 
" a wimble, gimlet or the like, -pvTcyoig. 
Colum. - IT Also, a hole bored. Vi¬ 
truv. 
TEREBRaTOS (Id.), us, m. a boring. 
Scribon. Larg. 
TEREBRS (terebra), as, avi, atum, to 
bore, pierce, perforate, rpvnduo. Cato 
and Colum. vitem. Vitruv. gemmam. 
Virg. latebras uteri. Also, to bore, 
make by boring. Vitniv. foramen. 
Hence, figur. Plant. Ut terebrat, h. e. 
how she bores me! how she 'endeavors to 
gain my consent! Pers. Terebrare sa- 
1 inurn, h e to search for salt in all the 
comers of a salt-cellar when there is none 
in it, consequently, to pierce it, as it 
were, with the fingers. - V Also, to 
bore out. Virg. Telo lumen terebra- 
mus. 
TEREDO (TcpySwv), inis, f. a worm bred 
in wood ; a woodfretter, woodworm. 
Vitruv. and Ovid. -11 Also, a worm 
gnawing other things, as, clothes, meat, 
&c. Plin. 
TeREIDeS (TypelSys), *, m. the son of 
3 Tereus, h. e. Itys. Ovid. 
TERENSIS (tero), is, f. sc. dea, a goddess 
3 presiding over the threshing of corn. Ar- 
nob. 
TERENTIANOS (Terentius), a. um, adj. 
Terentian. Cic. Chremes, h. e. occurring 
in Terence. So, also, Id. verbuin. 
Liv. exercitus, h. e. the army commanded 
by Terentius Varro. 
TERENTINOS, a, um. See Tercntus. 
TERENTIOS ( Tepevrio ;), i-i, m. Terence, 
a name of some Romans. — Hence, Te¬ 
rentius, a, um, adj. of or belonging to 
one Terentius. Cic. lex, h. e. passed by 
the consuls Cassius and M. Terentius. 
TkReNTUS, or TEReNTOS, i, ni. a place 
in the Campus Martius, where the ludi 
to this place. Auson. ludus. So, also, 
Varr. ap. Censorin. ludi, li. e. ludi ste- 
cuiares. Cic. Tribus Terentina. 
TERES (reipoi), etis, adj. of athingwhich 
is long, round, and somewhat smooth or 
even, crrpoyyuXos, KvXiv&pcoSyg. Cic. 
Iiastile. CtBs. stipes. Virg. macro. 
Ovid, fusus. Id. lapilli. Virg. gemma 
— Hence, round, in genera!. Auson. 
gutta. — Also, long. Vai~r. coma. — 
Also, smooth. Plin. filurn. Figur. 
Horat. Sapiens teres atque rotundas. 
- 11 Also, of ropes, twisted firmly. 
Horat. Teretes plagie. Ciaudian. mi- 
tra. - 11 Also, of the parts of the 
body, fleshy, well turned, finely shaped, 
slender. Lucret. cervix. Horat. sura. 
Sueton. membra. Ovid, digiti. Horat. 
puer, h. e. fine, comely, well grown. 
-11 Also, figur. elegant, tasteful. Cic. 
aures, h. e. acute, nice in discerning. Id. 
oratio, li. e. smooth, fluent, not harsh or 
rough. 
TEREUS (T ypeiii), ei and eos, m. a king 
of Thrace, the husband of Procne, the 
sister of Philomela, and father of Itys. 
He violated Philomela, and was changed 
into a whoop. — Hence, Tereides, aj,°m. 
the son of Tereus, h. e. Itys. Ovid. 
TERGEMINuS, and TRIGEMINuS (ter 
& geminus), a, um, adj. threefold , triple. 
Ovid. Tergeminus vir, h. e. Ocryon. 
Id. Tergeminus canis, h. e. Cerberus, 
that has three heads. Virg. Tergemina 
Hecate. Also, Val. Flacc. Tergemi¬ 
na hera, h. e. (as it is usually ex¬ 
plained, that in heaven is called Luna, 
on the earth, Diana, in the infernal re¬ 
gions, Proserpina. (See Hecate.) Ti- 
bull. Cui tres sunt lingure, tergemi- 
numqne caput, h. e. Cerberus. Horat. 
Tergemini honores, h. e. the adile- 
ship, preetorship, and consulship, conse¬ 
quently, the highest places of honor. 
Liv. Trigemina victoria. Hence, of 
children born at a birth. Plaut. filii. 
So, also, Liv. Trigemini fratres. Also, 
simply, Colum. Trigemini, or, Plin. Ter- 
getnini, h. e. three brothers of the same age. 
— Also, of animals. Colum. — With 
poets, also, for manifold. Martial. Ter- 
geminum mugiet ille sophos_11 Tri¬ 
gemina porta, a gate in the ancient walls 
of the city of Rome. — Pandect. Tregemi- 
ni , for trigemini. 
TeRGENOS (ter & genus), indeclin. of 
3 three kinds. Auson. 
TERGE5 (repooi), es, and TERG8, is, si, 
sum, a. 2. and 3. to make clean, scour, 
wipe, xjja (-). Cic. Qui tergunt. Ovid. 
Lumina lacrimantia tersit. Cato. Fos¬ 
sils tergeri. Plin. Oculos pedibus ter- 
geant. Ooid. inensam. Juvenal, vasa 
aspera, h. e. to scour. So, also, Virg. 
spicula, h. e. to furbish. Liv. arma, li. c. 
to wipe, in order to make shining. 
Hence, Horat. Pavone tergere palatum, 
h. e. to eat a peacock. Hence, figur. 
Smcc. scelus, for expiare. Martial, li- 
brum, li. e. to improve. -11 See, also, 
Tersus, a, um. 
TERGESTE, is, n. a town of Istria, now 
Trieste. — Hence, Tergestinus, a, um, 
adj. of or belonging to Tergeste. Plin. 
— Tergestini, its inhabitants. Liv. 
TERGILLA (unc.), S3, f. the sward or rind 
3 of bacon. Apic. 
TERGIMIS (tergum), a, um, adj. of the 
skin or hide of leather. Lucil. — Hence, 
Terginum, substant. a scourge, whip 
Plaut. 
TeRGIVeRSaNTER (tergiversor), adv. 
backwardly, reluctantly, with reluctance. 
Veiled. 
TERGIVeRSaTIS (Id.), onis, f. a de¬ 
clining, refusing. Auct. B, Afr. 8.- 
IT Also, a hesitating, delaying. Cic. 
Mora et tergiversatio. 
TERGIVeRSAT 5R (Id.), oris, m. one who 
3 reluctantly undertakes any thiny, refuses 
or delays, voirt or))?, nepiKiipuryg. Gell. 
TERGIVERSOR (tergum & verto), aria, 
atus sum, dep. 1. to turn his back to. — 
Hence, to be backward or reluctant , de¬ 
cline, hang back, refuse, boggle, lag, 
shuffle, shift, voting), orpetpopai, ava 
crdXXopai. Cic .— It may also be ren 
dered, to hesitate, delay. Liv. 2, 23 
and 27. 
seculares were celebrated. — Hence, i TERG5, is. See Tergco. 
r I erentlnus, a, um, adj. of or belong in <r'- TERG5R5 (tergus), as, a. 
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