(adjective) : terrēnus, a, um, terra.
* Consisting of earth, earthy, earthen (class.).
* Adj.: tumulus,Caes. B. G. 1, 43: agger,Verg. A. 11, 850; Suet. Calig. 19: colles,Liv. 38, 20, 1: campus,id. 33, 17, 8: fornax,Ov. M. 7, 107: via,Dig. 43, 11, 1: vasa,Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 160 et saep.—Hence
* Of or belonging to the globe or to the earth, earthly, terrestrial, terrene (class.): terrena concretaque corpora,Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47: corpora nostra terreno principiorum genere confecta,id. ib. 1, 18, 42: terrena et umida,id. ib. 1, 17, 40; cf.: marini terrenique umores,id. N. D. 2, 16, 43: bestiarum terrenae sunt aliae, partim aquatiles,that live on land, land-animals,id. ib. 1, 37, 103: de perturbationibus caelestibus et maritimis et terrenis non possumus dicere, id ib. 3, 7, 16. — Absol.: ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis convenit,Quint. 12, 11, 13: iter,a land-journey,Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87; 6, 17, 19, § 52. — Poet.: eques Bellerophon,earthly, mortal,Hor. C. 4, 11, 27: numina,that dwell in the earth, earthly, terrene,Ov. M. 7, 248.—Hence, earthly (eccl. Lat.; opp. caelestis): honores terrenos promittit, ut caelestes adimat, Cypr. de Zelo et Liv. 2: terrena ac fragilia haec bona,Lact. 5, 22, 14.
* Plur. subst.: terrēna, ōrum, n.
* Earthly things, perishable things, Lact. 2, 3, 6; 2, 2, 17; cf. Gell. 14, 1, 3.
* Land-animals, Quint. 12, 11, 13.