Definition of terra
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LEM
terra, terrae
TERS-
noun (f., 1st declension)
  1. the earth
  2. [personified] Terra, Earth
  3. the land
  4. the ground, earth
  5. soil, earth, ground
  6. a land, country, region, territory
Abbreviations
terra ae, f TERS-, the earth: locata in mediā sede mundi: umbra terrae.

—Person., as a goddess, Terra, Earth, C., O.

—The land: res invectae ex terrā: aditum habere ab terrā, Cs.: ipse terrā eodem pergit, L.: nationibus terrā marique imperare, by land and sea: mari terrāque bella commissa: et mari et terrā, N.: mari atque terrā, S.

—The ground, earth: terrae motūs, earthquakes: quae gignuntur e terrā: mei sub terras ibit imago, i. e. to the underworld, V.

—Soil, earth, ground: terrae filius, son of earth: aquam terramque ab Lacedaemoniis petere, water and earth (in token of subjection), L.: Sicco terram spuit ore viator, V.

—A land, country, region, territory: mea, O.: in hac terrā: Gallia, Cs.: eae terrae: qui terras incolant eas, etc.: (Cimbri) alias terras petierunt, Cs.: Terrarum curam accipere, of the nations, V.: Ostendent terris hunc tantum fata, i. e. to men, V.

—In the phrase, in terris, in all lands, on earth, in the world: pecunia quanta est in terris, in the world: ruberes, Viveret in terris te si quis avarior, H.

—In the phrase, orbis terrarum, or orbis terrae, the world, whole world, all nations: totum orbem terrarum nostro imperio teneri: senatus, id est, orbis terrae consilium.

— Plur gen., with adv. of place: Quoquo hinc asportabitur terrarum, to whatever part of the world, T.: ubi terrarum esses, where in the world.
 
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