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Into, ft. e. to cover themselves with mire, 
said of hogs 
I'ERGUM (une.), i,n. the hack, as, of men, 
iitoras. Cic. Also, of oxen and cranes. 
Id. Grues in tergo pravolantium capita 
reponunt. Id. Bourn terga non sunt ad 
onus accipiendum figurata. Lie. Ter- 
go, ac capite puniri, h. e. virgis cuedi, 
ct securi percuti. (ices. Terga vertere, 
or, Lie. dare, h. e. to turn one’s back to 
the enemy, fly, run away. Id. Terga 
dare liosti, h. e. to fiee before an enemy, 
to be put to f ight by him. Odd. Terga 
prffibere fug®, h. e. to fee. Hence, 
Id. Terga, h. e. flight. Lie. Terga cre¬ 
dere, h. e. the rear. Propert. Terga 
dare, h. e. to sink under a burden. Ovid. 
Prmbere terga Phcebo, h. e. to bask in the 
sun. Cic. A tergo, h. e. from behind. 
Pluedr. Post tergum, h. e. behind, on 
one's back. Juvenal. Post terga, ft. e. 
behind one's self. -If Also, the back of 
any thing, or the part turned from us. Liv. 
Castris ab tergo vallum objectum, A. e. 
from behind. Id. Ad terga coil’.s. So, 
also, of a book. Juvenal. Also, of a 
tree. Virg. -IT Also, the surface of 
a thing, as, in a field, the ground be¬ 
tween two furrows. Virg. Also, of a 
river. Ovid. Also, of the sea. Lucan. 
-IT Also, a covering , cover. Virg. 
clipei.-IT Also, the body, as, of a 
serpent. Virg. Squamea convolvens 
sublato pectore terga. Id. Centum ter¬ 
ga suum, h.e. a hundred swine. Id. Ni- 
grantes terga juvencos, A. e. body or 
skin. Ovid. Terga suis sordida, A. e. 
bacon. -IT Also, skin, hide, leather. 
Virg. taurinum. Ovid. Taurorum 
terga recusant, ft. e. neat's leather, or 
any thing made of it. Id. Terga novena 
bourn, A. e. hides. — Hence, any thing 
made of hides or leather. Ovid. Derepta 
bicorni terga capro, ft. e. utres. Id. 
Taurea terga, ft. e. tympana. Virg. 
Sulmonis, h. e. a shield. Id. Duro in- 
ten dere brachia tergo, A. e. caastibus. 
-IT Tergus, i, m. occurs also. Plaut. 
Tergum familiarem. 
TeRGOS (orepipos, rep<t>os), oris, n. the 
2 back. Virg. and Colum. -IT Also, 
the body of animals. Petron. duos ter- 
goribus ligamt angues. Pluedr. juven- 
ci, for juvencus. Ovid. De tergore 
(suis), ft. e. of smokedbacon. -IT Also, 
a skin, hide. Virg. Tergora deripi- 
unt. Cels. Tergus inciditur, ft. e. the 
skin. Ovid. Septem taurorum tergora, 
h. e. a shield made of seven hides. - 
IT Also, a covering. Martial. Martis, 
h. e. a coat of mail. 
TERINX, ®, f. a town in the country of the 
Bruttii. — Hence, Terin®us, a, um, 
adj. at, of, near Terina. Cic. 
TERJ0G08 (ter & jugus), a, um, adj. 
3 three, or, three together. Anson. Terju- 
ga millia, A. e. three thousand. 
TeRMEN, inis, n .for Terminus.3 Varr. 
TERMENTARIUM (for terimentarium, 
from tero), ii, n. a linen cloth. Varr. 
TeRMeNTUM (unc.), i, n. an injury, dot¬ 
'd riment. Plaut. 
TERMES (unc.), itis, m. a branch, 
3 properly, of an olive. Ilorat. Also, of 
a palm. Oell. 
TeRMeSSuS, i, f. a town of Pisidia. 
Hence, Termessenses, its inhabitants. 
Liv. 
TeRMINaLIS (terminus), e, adj. of or 
pertaining to a boundary, or the god of 
boundaries. Ammian. lapis, ft. e. a boun¬ 
dary-stone. Cic. Terminalia, the festi¬ 
val of Terminus, the god of boundaries. 
-IT Also, of or pertaining to the end, 
final, definitive. Cod. Just, sententia, 
ft. e. a final or definitive sentence. 
TeRMINaTe (terminatus), adv. with cer- 
3 tain limits. And. de cas. litter, ap. 
Goes. 
TERMINaTIS (termino), onis, f. a fixing 
of limits. Liv. -IT Also, a determin¬ 
ing, fixing. Cic. rerum expetendarum. 
Id. aurium, ft. e. judgment. -IT Also, 
an ending, end, same as clausula. Cic. 
Orat. 59. Ordo (verborum) alias alia 
terminatione concluditur. 
I’ERMINaTOS (Id.), us, in. a fixing of 
3 limits , a boundary. Front,in. de aquasduct. 
$ERMIN5 (terminus), as, avi, atum, a. 
1. to bound, limit, set bounds to, circum¬ 
scribe, confine, bpt^aj. Cic. Intra finem 
loci, quem ole® terminabant. Liv. fa- 
na. Id. agrum publicum a privato, 
A. e. to separate by boundaries. Cic. Ja- 
niculo et Alpibus spem possessionum. 
Id. Stomachus paiato extremo termina¬ 
tin', ft. c. ends, is adjoining to, &c.- 
IT Also, to determine, fix, appoint, regu¬ 
late. Cic. fines. Id. sonos vocis pan¬ 
els literarum notis, A. e. to fix, confine. 
Id. modum magnitudinis. Id. Bona 
voluptate, mala dolore terminavit, ft. e. 
placed the chief good in pleasure, main¬ 
tained that it, consisted in it. Id. Lingua 
vocem terminat. Id. Oratio terminata, 
ft. e. ending properly or harmoniously. 
-IT Also, to conclude, close, end, fin¬ 
ish. Liv. bellum. Cic. orationem. Id. 
Numerose terminal® orationem. — 
Hence, Id. Oratio terminata, for nume¬ 
rose terminate. See above. 
TERMINI'S (from repp.ii), i, m. a bounda¬ 
ry, limit, as of a country, &c. Cic. 
Hence, as a person and deity , the god 
of boundaries. Liv. - IT Figur. a 
boundary, limit, bound. Cic. Jus ter- 
minis circumscribere. Id. Certos fines 
terminosque constituam. Id. Termi- 
nos pangere. Id. Oratoris facultatem 
ingenii sui terminis describe!®. - 
If Also, an end, period. Cic. conten- 
tionum. Id. vits.-IT Finis, a boun¬ 
dary, limit, denotes merely termination : 
Terminus, a bound, limit, is that which 
prevents increase: we can also say 
Terminus is the boundary line or ex¬ 
treme point, which must not be passed : 
Finis denotes bound or limit generally 
without strict reference to separation ; 
thus we say Fines Ligurum, not Termini, 
when we speak generally of a contigu¬ 
ous country. 
TeRMISSOS, or TeRMISOS, i, f. See 
Termessus. 
TERMITEuS (termes), a, um, adj. as, 
3 Grat. ramus, A. e an olive-branch. 
TERMS, onis, m. for Terminus. Enn. 3 
TeRNaRIOS (terni), a, um, adj. consist- 
in a of or containing three. Colum. scrobs, 
A. e. of three feet. 
TERNI (ter), ®, a, adj. three each, three, 
distributive^. Cic. — Terni deni, ®, a, 
thirteen. Plin. -IT Also, in general, 
three. Virg. -IT Singul. Ternus, a, 
um, threefold, triple. Virg. -IT The 
genitive ternum is more frequent than 
ternorum. Plin. 
TeRNIDeNT (terni & deni), ®, a, adj. 
2 thirteen. Plin. 
TERNI5 (terni), onis, m. the number three. 
3 Gelt. 
TeRNoX (ter & nox), ctis, f. 
3 night. Stat. Herculea, A. 
Hercules was begotten. 
TERNOS. See Terni. 
TER5 (from repos, relpco), is 
turn, a. 3. to rub. Tcrent. oculos, ft. e. 
to rub the eyes in order to produce tears. 
Ovid, dentes in stipite. — Hence, to 
rub in order to make smooth, to polish, 
make smooth. Virg. Ge. 2, 444. radios 
rotis (here it may also be rendered, to 
turn or form on a lathe). Ovid, crura pu¬ 
mice. — Also, to tread especially often or 
much, go or walk frequently on. Ovid. 
viam. B Virg. iter. Plin. Semitas hu- 
manis! vestigiis tritas. Also, to tread 
upon or go to a place. Propert. Fenes¬ 
tra trita nocturnis dolis. Ovid, interi- 
orem metam curru, A. e. to drive dose to 
the inner goal; figur. to keep within due 
bounds. Hence, to make frequent use of, 
to make common, well known, or familiar. 
Cic. verbum. Id. Nomina consuetudo 
diuturna terit. Martial. Liber ubique 
teritur, ft. e. legitur. —Also, to trend out 
corn, for corn was sometimes trodden 
out by men or horses. Varr. and Ilorat. 
Also, for futuere. Propert. — Also, to 
turn in a lathe. Plin. vitrum torno. 
Also, without torno. Virg. radios. 
(See above.) —Also, to touch. Virg. cal- 
cem. Id. calamo laheilum, sc,, in order 
to blow upon it. Ovid. Bis frugibus area 
trita est, ft. e. there was a double harvest. 
-IT Also, to rub, grind, pound, bruise, 
bray. Petron. piper. Plin. aliquid ill 
mortario. Virg. baccam. Ovid. Papa- 
ver tritum. Id. Pont. 2, 7, 44. Via 
trita roti3. — Hence, to rub away, wear 
away, consume, waste, lessen, diminish. 
Ovid, silices. Figur. to injure, violate. 
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threefold 
in which 
trlvi, trl- 
Claudian. majestatem deoium. Also, n 
destroy, ruin. JYtev. aliquem. So, also, 
Tritus, a, um, rubbed off, worn.. Ovid. 
colla bovis. — Also, Terere aliquem, to 
wear out, overdo with labor, keep very busy ; 
as, Liv. se in opere. Id. plebem in ar- 
mis. — Also, to spend, pass. Cic. tempus. 
Liv. diem. Cic. eetatem in re. Virg. 
levuin ferro. -IT Catull. Tristi, for 
trivisti.-IT See, also, Tritus, a, um. 
TERPSICHORE (TepiVixopn), es, f. the 
muse of dancing. Hence, in general, 
muse, poetical genius, poetry. Juvenal. 
TERRA (from (apos, dry), *, f. properly, 
that is dry. — Hence, the earth, as op¬ 
posed to the air and sea. Plaut. Ali- 
quem ad terrain dare, ft. c. to throw to 
the ground. Tcrent. In terrain statuere. 
Cic. De terra saxa tollere. Id. Terr® 
motus, ft. e. an earthquake. The geni¬ 
tive terra is sometimes used for in ter- 
ram, ov in terra. Virg. Stern iturterr®. 
Ovid. Terr® procurnbere. Liv. Sacra 
terrte celavimus. Hence, Terra, by 
land. Cic. Iter Brundisium terra pe- 
tere. Liv. Terra eodem pergit. Cic. 
Terra marique, or, Liv. Mari terraque, 
or, Nep. Et mari et terra, A. e. by sea 
andby land. -IT Also, the earth, with 
reference to its cultivation, soil, ground. 
Cic. Varia terrarum genera. Varr. Ter¬ 
rain colere. Hence, also, u small piece of 
earth, a little earth. Virg. Mihi terrain 
injice, A. e. throw earth upon me. Liv. 
Conjectus teme.-IT Also, the Earth, 
as a person and goddess. Varr. and 
Liv. Terra mater. Cic. Terr® filius, 
ft. e. an unknown or obscure person. So 
also, Quintil. Terra orti, ft. e. ignobiles. 
-IT Also, the earth, as a body and 
part of the world. Cic. Terra in me¬ 
dio mundo sita. Id. Orbis terra., A. e. 
the earth. Id. Orbis terr® judicio, A. e. 
mankind. -IT Also, a land , country, 
region, district. Cic. Abire in alias ter¬ 
ras, A. e. into other countries. Id. Verr. 
4,48. Iii ea terra, ft. e. Sicilia. Ovid. 
mea. Liv. Terra Italia. Hence, Id. 
Aquamet terram petere, ft. e. to demand 
the xoater (h. e. the rivers ) and the land, 
consequently, to demand the whole coun- 
try, to demand submission. Hence, 
p'lur. Terr®, the earth, the world. Cic. 
Pecunia quanta sit in terris. Id. Orbis 
terrarum, A. e. the earth. Id. Orbis 
terrarum omnium. Id. Sola terrarum 
ultimarum. Virg. Sub terras, ft. c. un¬ 
der the earth, in the infernal regions. Liv. 
Carthaginienses principes terrarum. Id. 
Populus princeps omnium terrarum. 
Hence, figur. the worlds for mankind , 
man. Virg. Solvent formidine terras. 
Terrarum °is also joined with adverbs 
of place. Cic. Ubi terrarum sumus, 
ft. e. in what country are we ? where in the 
world arewel So, also, Id. Ubicuuque 
terrarum. Liv. Abire quo terrarum 
possent. Terent. Cluoquo hinc asporta- 
bitur terrarum. Brut, in Cic. Ep. Mi- 
grandum Rhodum autaliquo terrarum. 
Justin. Nec usquam terrarum, &c. - 
V Lucrct. Terrai, for terr®. Mav. ter¬ 
ras tcrenit.),for terr®.-IT Regularly, 
Tellus denotes the earth as a whole, as 
the centre of the world, as the eaitn- 
goddess. in opposition to other mundane 
bodies, or other deities: on Lie other 
hand, Terra denotes the earth as mat¬ 
ter and an element, in opposition to the 
other elements (though terra stands also 
for tellus, but, at least in prose writers, 
not the reverse): Solum 'denotes eartn 
as a stable, fixed, firm element, in oppo- 
sition to water,expressing the Greek sea- 
dog : Humus, the earth or ground, as tne 
lowest part of the visible world, xOwio 
See Tarracma. 
TERRACINX, 
TkRRXCTNkNSIS. , . rr -„ 
Tf.RR/EMoTOS, or, more correctly, l*-* 
R/E MoTOS, m. an earthquake , ucl 
TERRaNEOLX, ®, f. a ground-swallow 
Jul. Phcedr. 
TeRReNOS (terra), a, urn, aflj. 
earth, earthen, earthy, yauodqS; 
Corpora nostra terreno pnncipiorum 
genere confecta. Virg. terreno el 
aggere bustum. Liv. Terreni c( 
Vitruv. I er 
<!) 
Cic 
Id. Campus 
renus 
Ovid. 
uampus terrenus. -— ,, 
,us fructus escarum nutrit amma - 
id. Terrena horrea formtearum. 
