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terrestris , e (
I.nom. masc. terrester, Flor 2, 2, 4; v. infra), adj. terra, of or belonging to the earth or to the land, earth-, land-, terrestrial: “erant animantium genera quattuor, quorum unum divinum atque caeleste, alterum pennigerum et aërium, tertium aquatile, terrestre quartum,Cic. Univ. 10: “pecudes,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 46: “admiratio rerum caelestium atque terrestrium,Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 75: “in Capitolio, hoc est in terrestri domicilio Jovis,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129: “terrestris coepulonus,Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 20: “archipirata,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 70; cf.: “populus vere terrester,Flor. 2, 2, 4 Duk.: “exercitus,land - forces, Nep. Them. 2, 5: “proelia,battles by land, id. Alcib. 5, 5: “iter,land-journey, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Auct. B. Alex. 25, 1; “32, 1: coturnices, parva avis et terrestris potius quam sublimis,remaining on the ground, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 64: He. Terrestris cena est. Er. Sus terrestris bestia'st, a supper from the ground, i. e. consisting of vegetables, poor, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 86. — Hence, subst.: terrestrĭa , ium, n. (sc. animalia), land-animals: “in terrestribus serpentes,Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 169 sq.
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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.129
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.70
    • Plautus, Persa, 1.3
    • Plautus, Captivi, 1.2
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 3.2
    • Cornelius Nepos, Alcibiades, 5.5
    • Cornelius Nepos, Themistocles, 2.5
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.64
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.39
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.30
    • Cicero, Timaeus, 10
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