terrenus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perhaps from Proto-Italic *terzeznos, from *terzos +‎ *-nos, the first of which from Proto-Indo-European *tersos, neuter s-stem to the root *ters- (“dry”). Alternatively, from the locative form *terrai of terra and -nus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛrˈreː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [terˈrɛː.nus] === Adjective === terrēnus (feminine terrēna, neuter terrēnum); first/second-declension adjective earthly terrestrial ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== terrēna terrēnitās (Mediaeval Latin) terrēnum ==== 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, 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