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terminō āvī, ātus, āre

terminus, to set bounds, mark off by boundaries, bound, limit : praetores terminare iussi, quā, etc., i. e. to bound their jurisdiction , L.: finīs imperi caeli regionibus: fana, L.: stomachus palato extremo atque intimo terminatur, ends in : imperium Oceano, famam astris, V.—Fig., to limit, set limits, circumscribe, bound : isdem finibus gloriam, quibus vitam: ea (lingua) vocem terminat: campos oculis, i. e. reach the limits of , L.To limit, define, determine : bona voluptate, mala dolore.— To set bounds, close, finish, end, terminate : clausulas longā syllabā: ut pariter extrema terminentur.

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