termĭnus | termo, ōnis | termen, ĭnis | Termĭnus (noun M.n) : m. (collat. form , , Enn. ap. Fest. p. 363 Müll., or Ann. v. 470 and 471 Vahl.; and , , n., acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; so
* (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).
* 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, 24fin.: 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: , 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.