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“earthly” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

earthly
Made of earth, terra concretus, terrenus. Earthly bodies, terrena corpora.”This earthly tabernacle,” corpus: to quit this earthly tabernacle, corpore solutum ad proprias sedes evolare; illuc ex his vinculis emissum ferri.
Relating to our life on earth; e.g., “earthly things” (goods, |etc.), res externae et ad corpus pertinentes; res externae (general term); res terrenae is only esslesiastical Latin; res humanae. Think of the shortness of this earthly life, cogita brevitatem hujus spatii. This our earthly life, vita, quae corpore et spiritu continetur (Cic.). Earthly pleasure, voluptas humana or corporis: earthly prosperity, felicitas humana: our earthly wants, usus virae necessarii; res ad vivendum necessariae.
Found upon the earth, existing on the earth, terrestris (opposed to coelestis, also aerius, aquatilis). Heavenly and earthly things, res coelestes atque terrestres (Cic.).
Unspirilual, *a rebus divinis alienus: sometimes by genitive, corporis (e.g., corporis voluptas). An earthly-minded man, homo voluptarius. Earthly-mindedness, *voluptatum studium or amor. OBS. “Earthly” is sometimes used hyperbolically to add emphasis to an assertion; e.g.,” not to learn one earthly thing,” nihil prorsus: you have no earthly reason to fear, nihil est, quod timeas.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for earthly?
The usual Latin words for “earthly” are terrēnus, terrestris, vīta. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.