Terentius

Tĕrentĭus, i, m.; Tĕrentĭa, ae, f., Terence, the name of a Roman gens

1.

P. Terentius After, the celebrated comic poet, born at Carthage A. U. C. 569, Cic. Fam. 13, 35, 1; Suet. Vit. Ter.—

2.

M. Terentius Varro, a celebrated schotar, an elder contemporary and friend of Cicero, Gell. 13, 10, 6; Plin. 35, 14, 49.—

3.

C. Terentius Varro, Roman general at Cannœ, Liv. 22, 61.—In fem., Terentia, the wife of Cicero. — Hence,

A.

Tĕ-rentĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Terentius, Terentian:

Terentia et Cassia lex frumentaria,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 52. —

B.

Tĕrentĭānus, a, um, adj., of Terence, Terentian:

Chremes,

i. e. occurring in the poet Terence, Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 3; so, Phormio, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 56:

Terentianus ipse se puniens,

i. e. the Heautontimoroumenos, id. Tusc. 3, 27, 65:

verbum,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

exercitus,

commanded by M Terentius Varro, Liv. 23, 32, 16.—

C.

Tĕ-rentilla, ae, f. dim. of Terentia, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 69. —

2.

Subst.: Tĕrentĭā-nus, i, m., a proper name. L. Terentianus Maurus, a grammarian at the close of the first century after Christ, author of a metrical work.