terminō āvī, ātus, āre terminus, to set bounds, mark off by boundaries, bound, limit: praetores terminare iussi, quā, etc., i. e. to bound their jurisdiction, L.: finīs imperi caeli regionibus: fana, L.: stomachus palato extremo atque intimo terminatur, ends in: imperium Oceano, famam astris, V.

—Fig., to limit, set limits, circumscribe, bound: isdem finibus gloriam, quibus vitam: ea (lingua) vocem terminat: campos oculis, i. e. reach the limits of, L.

—To limit, define, determine: bona voluptate, mala dolore.

—To set bounds, close, finish, end, terminate: clausulas longā syllabā: ut pariter extrema terminentur.