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tarmĕs, ĭtis, m. [root tero; Gr. τείρω, to bore], a worm that eats wood, a woodworm, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140.
Written also termes, Isid. Orig. 12, 5, 10; Serv. Verg. G. 1, 256.

1. termĕs, ĭtis, m. [tero], a bough cut off from the olive-tree, Hor. Epod. 16, 45; of the palm-tree, Gell. 3, 9, 9: inculto termite, Grat. Cyn. 20; cf.: termes ramus desectus ex arbore nec foliis repletus, ac nimis glaber, Fest. p. 367 Müll.

2. termes, v. tarmes.

3. Termes, ētis, f., = Τέρμες,

  1. I. a town in Spain, now Lerma, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 27; Flor. 3, 22 fin.
    Hence, Termestīnus, a, um, adj., belonging to Termes, Tac. A. 4, 45.
    Subst.: Termestīni, ōrum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Termes, Epit. Liv. 54 Drak.
  2. II. A town in Ionia, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.