terrenus

Latin

Etymology

    Perhaps from Proto-Italic *terzeznos, from *terzos +‎ *-nos, the first of which from Proto-Indo-European *tersos, neuter s-stem to the root *ters- (“dry”).[1]
    Alternatively, from the locative form *terrai of terra and -nus. [2]

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    terrēnus (feminine terrēna, neuter terrēnum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. earthly
    2. terrestrial

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative terrēnus terrēna terrēnum terrēnī terrēnae terrēna
    genitive terrēnī terrēnae terrēnī terrēnōrum terrēnārum terrēnōrum
    dative terrēnō terrēnae terrēnō terrēnīs
    accusative terrēnum terrēnam terrēnum terrēnōs terrēnās terrēna
    ablative terrēnō terrēnā terrēnō terrēnīs
    vocative terrēne terrēna terrēnum terrēnī terrēnae terrēna

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • “terrēnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “terrenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "terrenus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • terrēnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 1,560–1.
    • “terrēnus” on page 1,928 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
    • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “terrenus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,024/1
    1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “terrenus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 674
    2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “terra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 616
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