termini+possessionum+c

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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,

(BTERMINA DVO STANT,

Inscr. Orell. 3121) [Sanscr. root tar-, overcome; tīrain, shore, edge; Gr. terma, goal; termôn, border; cf. trans, in-trare], a boundary-line, boundary, bound, limit (syn.: finis, limes, meta).

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,

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. —

Transf., in gen., a bound, limit, end, term:

constituendi sunt, qui sint in amicitiā fines, ut quasi termini diligendi,

Cic. Lael. 16, 56; cf.:

certos mihi fines terminosque constituam,

id. Quint. 10, 35:

oratoris facultatem non illius artis terminis, sed ingeni sui finibus describere,

id. de Or. 1, 49, 214:

contentionum,

id. Fam. 6, 22, 2:

nullis terminis circumscribere aut definire jus suum,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes isdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

id. Cat. 4, 10, 21:

omnium aetatum certus est terminus, senectutis autem nullus est certus terminus,

id. Sen. 20, 72:

vitae,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

pangere terminos,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

termini egestatis,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 13:

hos terminos dignitati statuo,

Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 3.

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,

(BTERMINA DVO STANT,

Inscr. Orell. 3121) [Sanscr. root tar-, overcome; tīrain, shore, edge; Gr. terma, goal; termôn, border; cf. trans, in-trare], a boundary-line, boundary, bound, limit (syn.: finis, limes, meta).

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,

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. —

Transf., in gen., a bound, limit, end, term:

constituendi sunt, qui sint in amicitiā fines, ut quasi termini diligendi,

Cic. Lael. 16, 56; cf.:

certos mihi fines terminosque constituam,

id. Quint. 10, 35:

oratoris facultatem non illius artis terminis, sed ingeni sui finibus describere,

id. de Or. 1, 49, 214:

contentionum,

id. Fam. 6, 22, 2:

nullis terminis circumscribere aut definire jus suum,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes isdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

id. Cat. 4, 10, 21:

omnium aetatum certus est terminus, senectutis autem nullus est certus terminus,

id. Sen. 20, 72:

vitae,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

pangere terminos,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

termini egestatis,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 13:

hos terminos dignitati statuo,

Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 3.