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† tĕrĕbinthĭnus (tĕrbentĭnus Veg. Vet. 2, 54, 4), a, um, adj., = τερεβίνθινος, of the terebinth or turpentine-tree: resina, Cels. 5, 6; Plin. 24, 6, 22, § 35 (dub.): tabula, Petr. 33.

† tĕrĕbinthīzūsa, ae, f., = τερεβινθιζουσα, a turpentine-colored precious stone, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 116.

† tĕrĕbinthus, i, f., = τερέβινθος, the terebinth or turpentine-tree: Pistacia terebinthus, Linn.; Plin. 13, 6, 12, § 54; 24, 6, 18, § 27; Verg. A. 10, 136.

tĕrē̆bra, ae, f. (neutr. collat. form tĕ-rē̆brum, Hier. in Isa. 12, 44, 12 al.) [tero].

  1. I. An instrument for boring, a borer, an auger, gimlet, Cato, R. R. 41, 3; Col. 4, 29, 15 sq.; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198; 17, 15, 25, § 116; 37, 13, 76, § 200.
  2. II. As a surgical instrument, a trephine, Cels. 8, 3.
  3. III. A military engine for boring through walls in sieges, Vitr. 10, 13, 7.

* tĕrē̆brāmen, ĭnis, n. [terebro], a hole bored: furfuracea tinearum, Fulg. Myth. 2, 19.

tĕrē̆brātĭo, ōnis, f [id.], a boring.

  1. I. Lit., Col. 4, 29, 13; 5, 11, 12; id. Arb. 26.
  2. II. Transf., concr., a hole bored, a bore, Vitr. 9, 9 med.; 10, 13

* tĕrē̆brātus, ūs, m. [terebro], a boring, Scrib Comp 206.

tĕrē̆bro, āvi, ătum, 1, v. a. [terebra], to bore, bore through, perforate (not in Cic.; syn.: foro, perforo)

  1. I. Lit.: terebrā vitem pertundito … artitoque eā quā terebraveris, Cato, R. R. 41, 3: vites Gallicā terebrā, Col. 5, 9, 16: ossa (capitis), Liv. Ep. 52 med.: cavas uteri latebras, Verg. A. 2. 38: telo lumen acuto, id. ib. 3, 635: buxum per rara foramina, Ov. F. 6, 697: gemmā terebratā, Vitr 9, 9: vitem in oblicum, Plin. 17, 18, 25, § 115; Col. 5, 9, 16: gryllus quoniam terram terebret, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 138.
    1. B. Transt., to bore out: regustatum digito terebrare salinum Contentus perages, to bore out the salt-dish with the fingers; to hunt out the last grain, Pers. 5, 138.
      1. 2. To bore, make by boring: foramen, Vitr 10, 16, 5.
  2. II. Trop., to insinuate one’s self, to coax, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 82; so perh. also, id Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. subscudes, p. 306 Müll.

tĕrĕbrum, i, v. terebra init.

† tĕrēdo, ĭnis, f., = τερηδών, a worm that gnaws wood, clothing, etc., a wood fretter, moth, Plin. 16, 41, 80, § 220; Col. 4, 24, 6, Vitr. 5, 12; Ov. P. 1, 1, 69; Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 197, 23, 7, 70, § 135; 28, 20, 81, § 264.

Tĕrēdon, ŏnis, f., a town of Arabia, Plin. 6, 28, 32. § 145.

Tērĕĭdes, ae, v. Tereus.

Terensis, is, f. (sc. dea) [tero], the goddess that presides over threshing, Arn. 4, p 131.

Tĕrentĭānus, v. Terentius, B.

Terentillns, a, the name of a Roman gens, e g C Terentillus Arsa, author of the lex Terentilla, Liv. 3, 9 sq.

Tĕrentīnus, a, um, v. Terentus.

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

    1. 1. P. Terentius After, the celebrated comic poet, born at Carthage A. U. C. 569, Cic. Fam. 13, 35, 1; Suet. Vit. Ter.
    2. 2. M. Terentius Varro, a celebrated schotar, an elder contemporary and friend of Cicero, Gell. 13, 10, 6; Plin. 35, 14, 49.
    3. 3. C. Terentius Varro, Roman general at Cannœ, Liv. 22, 61.
      In fem., Terentia, the wife of Cicero.
      Hence,
  1. A. Tĕ-rentĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Terentius, Terentian: Terentia et Cassia lex frumentaria, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 52.
  2. 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.
  3. C. Tĕ-rentilla, ae, f. dim. of Terentia, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 69.
    1. 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.

Tĕrentus or -os, i, f., a place at the extremity of the Campus Martius, on the Tiber, where the Ludi Saeculares were held, Ov. F. 1, 501; Mart. 1, 70, 2, 4, 1, 8; 10, 63, 3; Fest pp. 350 and 351 Müll.
Hence, Tĕrentīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Terentus, Terentine: ludi, i. e. the secular games, Varr. ap. Censor. de Die Nat. 17; Aus. Idyll. 11, 34: tribus, Cic. Planc. 17, 43; 22, 54; S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5; Liv. 10, 9, 14: nuces, Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35 (al. Tarentinus).

tĕrĕs, ĕtis, adj. [tero; cf. Gr. τέρην, tender], rounded off, rounded, well-turned, round, smooth, etc.: teres est in longitudine rotundatum, quales asseres natura ministrat, Fest. p. 363 Müll. (class.; syn. rotundus).

  1. I. Lit.: stipites, Caes. B. G. 7, 73: palus, Col. 4, 33, 4: trunci arborum, Verg. A. 6, 207: oliva, id. E. 8, 16: virga, Ov. M. 2, 135: fusus, id. ib. 6, 22: hastile, Liv. 21, 8, 10: mucro, Verg. A. 7, 665: lapillus, Ov. M. 10, 260: (fundae) habena, Verg. A. 11, 579.
    Of parts of the body: cervix, round, slender, Lucr. 1, 35, Verg. A. 8, 633; so, collum, Ov. M. 10, 113: brachiolum, Cat. 61, 181. surae, Hor. C. 2, 4, 21, Ov. M. 11, 80: membra, Suet. Caes. 45: digiti, Ov. A. A. 1, 622, hence, of the form: puer, Hor. Epod. 11, 28.
    Of other objects: plagae, tightly twisted, firmly woven, Hor. C. 1, 1, 28 strophium, Cat. 64, 65: zona, Ov. F. 2, 320: gemma, Verg. A. 5, 313: iaspis, Claud Rapt. Pros. 2, 40: catena, Luc. 3, 565: filum, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80: mitra, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 185: coma, curling, curly, Varr. ap Non. 328, 12.
  2. II. Trop., in gen., smooth, polished, elegani: (sapiens) teres atque rotundus, Hor. S. 2, 7, 86, imitated by Aus. Idyll. 16, 4: Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae, Cic. Or. 9, 27: teretes aures intellegensque judicium, id. Opt. Gen. 4, 11: vox in disputationibus, smooth, without impediment, Quint. 11, 3, 64: oratio plena, sed tamen teres, rounded off, polished, Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199: Ciceroni mollius teretiusque visum est, fretu scribere quam freto, Gell. 13, 20, 15.
    Sup. and adv. seem not to occur.

Tereses, ium, m., a people of Spain, Plin 3, 1, 3, § 14.

Tēreus, ĕi or ĕos, m., = Τηρεύς.

  1. I. A king of Thrace, husband of Procne, the sister of Philomela, whom he violated, Hyg. Fab. 45; Ov. F. 2, 629; id. M. 6, 497, 6. 615; 6, 635; Mart. 14, 75, 1.
    Hence, Tērĕĭdes, ae, m., the offspring of Tereus, i. e. his son Itys, Ov. Ib. 436.
  2. II. The name of a tragedy by Attius, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 3; 16, 5, 1.