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Terminalia


Terˊmi-na′li-a

,
Noun.
pl.
[L.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of
Terminus
, the god of boundaries.

Definition 2024


Terminalia

Terminalia

See also: terminalia

Translingual

Proper noun

Terminalia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Combretaceae – the tropical almonds, large tropical trees whose leaves appear at the tips of shoots.

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English

Proper noun

Terminalia

  1. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a festival to Terminus, the god of boundaries.

terminalia

terminalia

See also: Terminalia

Latin

Adjective

terminālia

  1. nominative neuter plural of terminālis
  2. accusative neuter plural of terminālis
  3. vocative neuter plural of terminālis

References

  • TERMINALIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • terminalia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • terminalia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin