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terrēnus , a, um, adj. terra.
I. Consisting of earth, earthy, earthen (class.).
A. 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,
B. Subst.. terrēnum , i. n., land, ground, Liv. 23, 19, 14; Col. 2, 2, 1; 3, 11, 8; Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 164. —
II. 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. —
B. Plur. subst.: terrēna , ōrum, n.
(α). Earthly things, perishable things, Lact. 2, 3, 6; 2, 2, 17; cf. Gell. 14, 1, 3.—
(β). Land-animals, Quint. 12, 11, 13.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.248
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.107
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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 11.13
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