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sŏlum, i, (collat. form sŏlus, ūs, m., acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, 1, 2), n. [root sar-, to guard, make whole; Sanscr. Sarva, entire; cf.: solea, solidus, sollus], the lowest part of a thing, the bottom, ground, base, foundation.

Lit., the floor or pavement of a room; the bottom of a ditch or trench; the foundation of a building or the ground, site, on which it stands, etc.; ground, earth, land, soil; the sole of the foot or of a shoe, etc.:

aurata tecta in villis et sola marmorea,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

(templi) Marmoreum solum,

Ov. M. 15, 672; Tib. 3, 3, 16:

ut ejus (fossae) solum tantundem pateret, quantum summa labra distabant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

imum stagni,

Ov. M. 4, 298:

maris,

Sen. Agam. 475.—Of a river-bed:

puro solo excipitur,

Curt. 3, 4, 8; 5, 3, 2; cf.:

ubi mollius solum reperit, stagnat insulasque molitur,

id. 8, 9, 7:

trabes in solo collocantur,

Caes. B. C. 7, 23:

super pilas lapide quadrato solum stratum est,

Curt. 5, 1, 33:

tecta (porticus) solo jungens,

Lucr. 4, 430:

solo aequata omnia,

Liv. 24, 47 fin.:

clivus Publicius ad solum exustus est,

id. 30, 26, 5:

urbem ad solum diruere,

Curt. 3, 10, 7; Eutr. 4, 17:

solo exaequare,

Flor. 1, 13, 4:

solo aequare,

Vell. 2, 4, 2:

aedificia cuncta solo cohaerentia,

Amm. 22, 11, 6:

ISIDI TEMPLVM A SOLO POSVIT,

Inscr. Orell. 457; cf. ib. 467; Inscr. Fabr. 10, 47: domo pignori data et area ejus tenebitur: est enim pars ejus;

et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,

Dig. 13, 7, 21:

solum proscindere terrae,

Lucr. 5, 1295; so,

terrae,

id. 1, 212; 5, 211; 5, 1289.— Plur.: recente terrae [p. 1724] sola sanguine maculans, Cat. 63, 7:

sola dura,

id. 63, 40; Verg. G. 1, 80; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445:

sibi praeter agri solum nihil esse reliqui,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

solum exile et macrum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

incultum et derelictum,

id. Brut. 4, 16:

densum, siccum, macrum, etc.,

Col. 2, 2, 5 sq.:

duratae solo nives,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 39:

putre,

Verg. G. 2, 204:

cruentum,

Ov. M. 4, 134:

foecundum,

id. ib. 7, 417:

pulvereum,

id. ib. 7, 113:

triste,

id. ib. 8, 789:

vivax,

id. ib. 1, 420:

pingue,

Verg. G. 1, 64:

praepingue,

id. A. 3, 698:

mite,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 2:

exiguum,

Tib. 1, 1, 22:

cultum,

id. 1, 1, 2:

nudum,

Curt. 3, 4, 3; 7, 5, 17:

viride,

Verg. A. 6, 192:

presso exercere solum sub vomere,

id. G. 2, 356:

solo inmobilis haeret,

id. A. 7, 250:

ingreditur solo,

id. ib. 4, 177:

solo recubans,

id. ib. 3, 392:

reptans solo,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 83.— Plur.:

saturare fimo pingui sola,

Verg. G. 1, 80:

ardent sola terrae,

Lucr. 2, 592; Cat. 61, 7; 61, 40; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445; cf. Cic. Balb. 5, 13, B. 1. infra: solum hominis exitium herbae, the sole of the foot, Varr. R. R. 1, 47 fin.:

mihi calciamentum solorum (est) callum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90:

loca nullius ante Trita solo,

Lucr. 1, 927; 4, 2:

(canes) unguibus duris, solo nec ut corneo nec nimium duro,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: qui auro soccis habeat suppactum solum, the sole of a shoe, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 98;

of a dog: solum corneum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4:

cereale solum pomis agrestibus augent,

their wheaten board, Verg. A. 7, 111:

vastis tremit ictibus aerea puppis, Subtrahiturque solum,

i. e. the sea under the vessel, id. ib. 5, 199:

omne ponti,

Val. Fl. 4, 712:

astra tenent caeleste solum,

i. e. the vault of heaven, Ov. M. 1, 73: manibusque cruentis Pulsat inane solum, i. e. the sockets of the eyes, Stat. Th. 1, 55.— Prov.: quodcumque or quod in solum venit, whatever falls to the ground, i. e. whatever comes uppermost or occurs to the mind, = quod in buccam venit, Varr. ap. Non. 500, 11; Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65; Afran. ap. Non. 124, 18 sq. (Com. Fragm. v. 41 Rib.).—Also ellipt. (cf. bucca):

convivio delector: ibi loquor, quod in solum ut dicitur,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2.—

Transf., in gen.

Soil, i. e. land, country, region, place (cf.: terra, tellus, humus): sola terrarum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 443 Vahl.):

solum, in quo tu ortus et procreatus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4; cf.

patriae,

id. Cat. 4, 7, 16; Liv. 5, 49:

pro solo, in quo nati essent,

id. 5, 30, 1:

patrium,

id. 21, 53:

natale,

i. e. native country, natal soil, Ov. M. 7, 52; 8, 184; id. P. 1, 3, 35; Sen. Med. 334; cf.:

in gremio regni solique genitalis,

Amm. 17, 12, 21:

Miletus, genitale solum,

Vell. 2, 7, 5 (7); Vop. Aur. 3, 2.— Plur.:

vos, mutae regiones, imploro, et sola terrarum ultimarum, etc.,

Cic. Balb. 5, 13:

sola Romana,

Capitol. Max. 13:

vile solum Sparte est,

Ov. M. 15, 428:

Romani numen utrumque soli,

id. F. 3, 292:

maxima Fundani gloria soli,

id. P. 2, 11, 28.— Hence, solum vertere, to leave one's country (generally said of going into exile):

qui volunt poenam aliquam subterfugere, eo solum vertunt, hoc est, sedem ac locum mutant,

Cic. Caecin. 34, 100; cf.:

neque exsilii causā solum vertisse diceretur,

id. Quint. 28, 26; id. Phil. 5, 5, 14; Liv. 3, 13; 43, 2 al.; so,

solum civitatis mutatione vertere,

Cic. Balb. 11, 28.—Rarely, in this sense:

solum mutare: exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutarint,

Cic. Par. 4, 2, 31; cf.:

quo vertendi, hoc est mutandi, soli causā venerant,

id. Dom. 30, 78.—

In jurid. lang.: res soli, land, and all that stands upon it, real estate (opp. res mobiles, personal or movable property):

omnes res, sive mobiles sint, sive soli,

Dig. 13, 3, 1; so,

res soli,

ib. 43, 16, 1, § 32:

tertia pars de agris, terris, arbustis, satis quaerit, et, ut jurisconsultorum verbo utar, de omnibus quae solo continentur,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4:

ut feneratores duas patrimonii partes in solo collocarent,

lay out in land, Suet. Tib. 48:

in solo proprio,

Vop. Flor. 2.—

Trop., a base, basis, foundation (very rare): auspicio regni stabilita scamna solumque, i. e. throne, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48 fin. (Ann. v. 99 Vahl.); cf.: Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.):

solum quidem et quasi fundamentum oratoris vides locutionem emendatam et Latinam,

Cic. Brut. 74, 258: solum quoddam atque fundamentum, id. de Or. 3, 37, 151: solo aequandae sunt dictaturae consulatusque, to be levelled with the ground, i. e. to be utterly abolished, Liv. 6, 18, 14; so,

ad solum dirutum,

Vulg. Nah. 2, 6.

sōlum, adv., v. 1. solus fin.

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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).

In gen.:

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;

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.

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).

In gen.:

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;

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.

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