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1 tera
terra (archaic tera, Varr. L. L. 5, 4, 21), ae ( gen. terras, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.: terraï, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 7 ib. (Ann. v. 479 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 212; 1, 251; 2, 1063; 3, 989 et saep.), f. [perh. Sanscr. root tarsh-, to be dry, thirsty; Lat. torreo, torris; Germ Durst; Engl. thirst; prop. the dry land], the earth, opp. to the heavens, the sea, the air, etc.; land, ground, soil (cf.: tellus, solum).I.In gen.:B.principio terra universa cernatur, locata in mediā sede mundi, solida et globosa et undique ipsa in sese nutibus suis conglobata, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:terra in medio mundo sita,
id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:hunc statum esse hujus totius mundi atque naturae, rotundum ut caelum, terra ut media sit, eaque suā vi nutuque teneatur,
id. de Or. 3, 45, 178:umbra terrae,
id. Rep. 1, 14, 22:terrae motus,
earthquakes, id. Div. 1, 18, 35; 1, 35, 78; cf. Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 1 sqq.; Curt. 4, 4 fin.: Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191 sq.:res invectae ex terrā,
Cic. Rep. 2, 5, 10:terra continens adventus hostium denuntiat,
id. ib. 2, 3, 6:Massilia fere ex tribus oppidi partibus mari alluitur: reliqua quarta est, quae aditum habeat a terrā,
Caes. B. C. 2, 1:cui parti (insulae) nulla est objecta terra,
id. B. G. 5, 13:iter terrā petere,
Cic. Planc. 40, 96; cf.:ipse terrā eodem pergit,
Liv. 31, 16, 3:esse in terrā atque in tuto loco,
on solid ground, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 87:ex magnā jactatione terram videns,
Cic. Mur. 2, 4: terrā marique, by land and by water (very freq.), id. Att. 9, 1, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 2; Sall. C. 13, 3; cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:insidiae terrā marique factae,
id. Verr. 1, 2, 3;the form et terrā et mari is also class.,
id. ib. 2, 2, 39, § 96 (B. and K. bracket the first et); 2, 5, 50, § 131; id. Mur. 15, 33; Liv. 37, 29, 5; Nep. Hann. 10, 2; id. Ham. 1, 2; id. Alcib. 1, 2; Sen. Ep 60, 2; 101, 4;for which also: bellum terrā et mari comparat,
id. Att. 10, 4, 3:terrā ac mari,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:marique terrāque usque quāque quaeritat,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 105:aut terrā aut mari,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 83:mari atque terrā,
Sall. C. 53, 2:mari ac terrā,
Flor. 2, 8, 11:mari terrāque,
Liv. 37, 11, 9; 37, 52, 3:natura sic ab his investigata est, ut nulla pars caelo, mari, terrā (ut poëtice loquar) praetermissa sit,
Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 9:eorum, quae gignuntur e terrā, stirpes et stabilitatem dant iis, quae sustinent, et ex terrā sucum trahunt, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:num qui nummi exciderunt, ere, tibi, quod sic terram Obtuere?
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 17:tollere saxa de terrā,
Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:tam crebri ad terram accidebant, quam pira,
Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; so,ad terram,
id. Capt. 4, 2, 17; id. Pers. 2, 4, 22; id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:aliquem in terram statuere,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:ne quid in terram defluat,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:penitus terrae defigitur arbos,
Verg. G. 2, 290; so. terrae (dat.), id. ib. 2, 318; id. A. 11, 87; Ov. M. 2, 347; Liv. 5, 51, 3; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133 al.:sub terris si jura deum,
in the infernal regions, Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 39; cf.:mei sub terras ibit imago,
Verg. A. 4, 654:genera terrae,
kinds of earth, Plin. 35, 16, 53, § 191:Samia terra,
Samian pottery clay, id. 28, 12, 53, § 194: terrae filius, son of earth, i. e. human being, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 4:terrā orti,
natives of the soil, aborigines, autochthones, Quint. 3, 7, 26: cum aquam terramque ab Lacedaemoniis petierunt, water and earth (as a token of subjection), Liv. 35, 17, 7:terram edere,
Cels. 2, 7, 7. —Personified, Terra, the Earth, as a goddess;II.usu. called Tellus, Magna Mater, Ceres, Cybele, etc.: jam si est Ceres a gerendo, Terra ipsa dea est et ita habetur: quae est enim alia Tellus?
Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5; Ov. F. 6, 299; 6. 460; Hyg. Fab. 55; 140; 152; Naev. 2, 16; Suet. Tib. 75. —In partic., a land, country, region, territory (cf.: regio, plaga, tractus): Laurentis terra, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.):terra erilis patria,
Plaut. Stich. 5. 2, 2; cf.:in nostrā terrā in Apuliā,
id. Cas. prol. 72:tua,
id. Men. 2, 1, 4:mea,
Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 128:in hac terrā,
Cic. Lael. 4, 13:in eā terrā (sc. Sicilia),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106:terra Gallia,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30:terra Italia,
Liv. 25 7, 4 Drak. N. cr.; 29, 10, 5; 30, 32, 6; 38, 47 6; 39, 17, 2;42, 29, 1: Africa,
id. 29, 23, 10 Hispania, id. 38, 58, 5:Pharsalia,
id. 33, 6, 11. —In plur.:in quascumque terras,
Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9:eae terrae,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:qui terras incolunt eas, in quibus, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 16, 42:abire in aliquas terras,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:(Cimbri) alias terras petierunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 77 et saep. — Esp., terrae, the earth, the world:pecunia tanta, quanta est in terris,
in the whole earth, in the world, Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:quid erat in terris, ubi, etc.,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 48; 2, 20, 50; 2, 23, 57; id. Cael. 5, 12:ruberes Viveret in terris te si quis avarior,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 157; Sen. Prov. 2, 9; so,aureus hanc vitam in terris Saturnus agebat,
Verg. G. 2, 538:terrarum cura,
id. ib. 1, 26. — Ante-class., also in terrā, in the world:quibus nunc in terrā melius est?
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 100:scelestiorem in terrā nullam esse alteram,
id. Cist. 4, 1, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 52; 2, 3, 42; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 51; id. Aul. 5, 9, 12; id. Curc. 1, 2, 51.—Hence also the phrase orbis terrarum, the world, the whole world, all nations:quae orbem terrarum implevere famā,
Plin. 36, 36, 13, § 76:Graecia in toto orbe terrarum potentissima,
id. 18, 7, 12, § 65:cujus tres testes essent totum orbem terrarum nostro imperio teneri,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16; but freq. also orbis terrarum, the world, i. e. the empire of Rome:orbis terrarum gentiumque omnium,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 33; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103;while orbis terrae,
the globe, the earth, the world, id. Phil. 13, 15, 30; id. Fam. 5, 7, 3; id. Fl. 41, 103; id. Agr. 1, 1, 2;but also with ref. to the Roman dominion,
id. de Or. 3, 32, 131; id. Sull. 11, 33; id. Dom. 42, 110; id. Phil. 8, 3, 10; id. Off, 2, 8, 27; id. Cat. 1, 1, 3; cf.of the Senate: publicum orbis terrae consilium,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; id. Cat. 1, 4, 9; id. Phil. 3, 14, 34; 4, 6, 14; 7, 7, 19;v. orbis: quoquo hinc asportabitur terrarum, certum est persequi,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 18: ubi terrarum esses, ne suspicabar quidem, in what country, or where in the world, Cic. Att. 5, 10, 4, so, ubi terrarum, id. Rab. Post. 13, 37:ubicumque terrarum,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 143; id. Phil. 2, 44, 113. -
2 terra
terra (archaic tera, Varr. L. L. 5, 4, 21), ae ( gen. terras, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.: terraï, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 7 ib. (Ann. v. 479 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 212; 1, 251; 2, 1063; 3, 989 et saep.), f. [perh. Sanscr. root tarsh-, to be dry, thirsty; Lat. torreo, torris; Germ Durst; Engl. thirst; prop. the dry land], the earth, opp. to the heavens, the sea, the air, etc.; land, ground, soil (cf.: tellus, solum).I.In gen.:B.principio terra universa cernatur, locata in mediā sede mundi, solida et globosa et undique ipsa in sese nutibus suis conglobata, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:terra in medio mundo sita,
id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40:hunc statum esse hujus totius mundi atque naturae, rotundum ut caelum, terra ut media sit, eaque suā vi nutuque teneatur,
id. de Or. 3, 45, 178:umbra terrae,
id. Rep. 1, 14, 22:terrae motus,
earthquakes, id. Div. 1, 18, 35; 1, 35, 78; cf. Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 1 sqq.; Curt. 4, 4 fin.: Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191 sq.:res invectae ex terrā,
Cic. Rep. 2, 5, 10:terra continens adventus hostium denuntiat,
id. ib. 2, 3, 6:Massilia fere ex tribus oppidi partibus mari alluitur: reliqua quarta est, quae aditum habeat a terrā,
Caes. B. C. 2, 1:cui parti (insulae) nulla est objecta terra,
id. B. G. 5, 13:iter terrā petere,
Cic. Planc. 40, 96; cf.:ipse terrā eodem pergit,
Liv. 31, 16, 3:esse in terrā atque in tuto loco,
on solid ground, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 87:ex magnā jactatione terram videns,
Cic. Mur. 2, 4: terrā marique, by land and by water (very freq.), id. Att. 9, 1, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 2; Sall. C. 13, 3; cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120:insidiae terrā marique factae,
id. Verr. 1, 2, 3;the form et terrā et mari is also class.,
id. ib. 2, 2, 39, § 96 (B. and K. bracket the first et); 2, 5, 50, § 131; id. Mur. 15, 33; Liv. 37, 29, 5; Nep. Hann. 10, 2; id. Ham. 1, 2; id. Alcib. 1, 2; Sen. Ep 60, 2; 101, 4;for which also: bellum terrā et mari comparat,
id. Att. 10, 4, 3:terrā ac mari,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:marique terrāque usque quāque quaeritat,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 105:aut terrā aut mari,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 83:mari atque terrā,
Sall. C. 53, 2:mari ac terrā,
Flor. 2, 8, 11:mari terrāque,
Liv. 37, 11, 9; 37, 52, 3:natura sic ab his investigata est, ut nulla pars caelo, mari, terrā (ut poëtice loquar) praetermissa sit,
Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 9:eorum, quae gignuntur e terrā, stirpes et stabilitatem dant iis, quae sustinent, et ex terrā sucum trahunt, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 47, 120:num qui nummi exciderunt, ere, tibi, quod sic terram Obtuere?
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 17:tollere saxa de terrā,
Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:tam crebri ad terram accidebant, quam pira,
Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; so,ad terram,
id. Capt. 4, 2, 17; id. Pers. 2, 4, 22; id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:aliquem in terram statuere,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:ne quid in terram defluat,
Cic. Lael. 16, 58:penitus terrae defigitur arbos,
Verg. G. 2, 290; so. terrae (dat.), id. ib. 2, 318; id. A. 11, 87; Ov. M. 2, 347; Liv. 5, 51, 3; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133 al.:sub terris si jura deum,
in the infernal regions, Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 39; cf.:mei sub terras ibit imago,
Verg. A. 4, 654:genera terrae,
kinds of earth, Plin. 35, 16, 53, § 191:Samia terra,
Samian pottery clay, id. 28, 12, 53, § 194: terrae filius, son of earth, i. e. human being, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 4:terrā orti,
natives of the soil, aborigines, autochthones, Quint. 3, 7, 26: cum aquam terramque ab Lacedaemoniis petierunt, water and earth (as a token of subjection), Liv. 35, 17, 7:terram edere,
Cels. 2, 7, 7. —Personified, Terra, the Earth, as a goddess;II.usu. called Tellus, Magna Mater, Ceres, Cybele, etc.: jam si est Ceres a gerendo, Terra ipsa dea est et ita habetur: quae est enim alia Tellus?
Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5; Ov. F. 6, 299; 6. 460; Hyg. Fab. 55; 140; 152; Naev. 2, 16; Suet. Tib. 75. —In partic., a land, country, region, territory (cf.: regio, plaga, tractus): Laurentis terra, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.):terra erilis patria,
Plaut. Stich. 5. 2, 2; cf.:in nostrā terrā in Apuliā,
id. Cas. prol. 72:tua,
id. Men. 2, 1, 4:mea,
Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 128:in hac terrā,
Cic. Lael. 4, 13:in eā terrā (sc. Sicilia),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106:terra Gallia,
Caes. B. G. 1, 30:terra Italia,
Liv. 25 7, 4 Drak. N. cr.; 29, 10, 5; 30, 32, 6; 38, 47 6; 39, 17, 2;42, 29, 1: Africa,
id. 29, 23, 10 Hispania, id. 38, 58, 5:Pharsalia,
id. 33, 6, 11. —In plur.:in quascumque terras,
Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9:eae terrae,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47:qui terras incolunt eas, in quibus, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 16, 42:abire in aliquas terras,
id. Cat. 1, 8, 20:(Cimbri) alias terras petierunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 77 et saep. — Esp., terrae, the earth, the world:pecunia tanta, quanta est in terris,
in the whole earth, in the world, Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:quid erat in terris, ubi, etc.,
id. Phil. 2, 19, 48; 2, 20, 50; 2, 23, 57; id. Cael. 5, 12:ruberes Viveret in terris te si quis avarior,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 157; Sen. Prov. 2, 9; so,aureus hanc vitam in terris Saturnus agebat,
Verg. G. 2, 538:terrarum cura,
id. ib. 1, 26. — Ante-class., also in terrā, in the world:quibus nunc in terrā melius est?
Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 100:scelestiorem in terrā nullam esse alteram,
id. Cist. 4, 1, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 52; 2, 3, 42; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 51; id. Aul. 5, 9, 12; id. Curc. 1, 2, 51.—Hence also the phrase orbis terrarum, the world, the whole world, all nations:quae orbem terrarum implevere famā,
Plin. 36, 36, 13, § 76:Graecia in toto orbe terrarum potentissima,
id. 18, 7, 12, § 65:cujus tres testes essent totum orbem terrarum nostro imperio teneri,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16; but freq. also orbis terrarum, the world, i. e. the empire of Rome:orbis terrarum gentiumque omnium,
id. Agr. 2, 13, 33; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103;while orbis terrae,
the globe, the earth, the world, id. Phil. 13, 15, 30; id. Fam. 5, 7, 3; id. Fl. 41, 103; id. Agr. 1, 1, 2;but also with ref. to the Roman dominion,
id. de Or. 3, 32, 131; id. Sull. 11, 33; id. Dom. 42, 110; id. Phil. 8, 3, 10; id. Off, 2, 8, 27; id. Cat. 1, 1, 3; cf.of the Senate: publicum orbis terrae consilium,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; id. Cat. 1, 4, 9; id. Phil. 3, 14, 34; 4, 6, 14; 7, 7, 19;v. orbis: quoquo hinc asportabitur terrarum, certum est persequi,
Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 18: ubi terrarum esses, ne suspicabar quidem, in what country, or where in the world, Cic. Att. 5, 10, 4, so, ubi terrarum, id. Rab. Post. 13, 37:ubicumque terrarum,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 143; id. Phil. 2, 44, 113. -
3 elementum
elementum ī, n a first principle, simple substance, element: elemento gratulor (i. e. igni), Iu.— Plur., C., O.— Plur, the first principles, rudiments: puerorum: prima, H.: aetatis, i. e. of culture, O.— The beginning, origin: prima Romae, O.: cupidinis pravi, H.: vitiorum, Iu.* * *elements (pl.); rudiments, beginnings; kinds of matter (earth/air/fire/water); element, origin; first principle
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