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termĭnus , i, m. (collat. form termo , ōnis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 363 Müll., or Ann. v. 470 and 471 Vahl.; and termen , ĭnis, n., acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; so,
I.(BTERMINA DVO STANT,Inscr. Orell. 3121) [Sanscr. root tar-, overcome; tīrain, shore, edge; Gr. τέρμα, goal; τέρμων, border; cf. trans, in-trare], a boundary-line, boundary, bound, limit (syn.: finis, limes, meta).
I. Lit., of local boundaries: “contentio de terminis,Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132: “agrorum,Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8; Hor. C. 2, 18, 24: “templi,Liv. 45, 5, 7: “urbis,Tac. A. 12, 23; 12, 24 fin.: “possessionum,Cic. Mil. 27, 74: “vicinitatis,id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8: “Alexandria, in terminis Africae et Aegypti condita,Just. 21, 6, 3.—Comically, = membrum virile, Pompon. ap. Non. 146, 24 (Com. Fragm. v. 126 Rib.).— Hence,
B. Personified: Termĭnus , the deity presiding over boundaries, Ov. F. 2, 639 sq.; Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 22; Liv. 1, 55, 3; 5, 54, 7; Hor. C. S. 27; Lact. 1, 20, 38; Fest. p. 368; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 448. —
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