terrenus

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.