terrenus

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Italic *tērzeznos, from *tērzos +‎ *-nos, the first of which from Proto-Indo-European *tērsos, 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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative terrēnus terrēna terrēnum terrēnī terrēnae terrēna
Genitive terrēnī terrēnae terrēnī terrēnōrum terrēnārum terrēnōrum
Dative terrēnō 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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