adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
terrestris
terrestris (neuter terrestre)
Classical[tɛrˈrɛs.trɪs]Ecclesiastical[terˈrɛs.tris]
Meaning
- two terminationOf or pertaining to the earth or land; terrestrial, earthly.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | terrestris | terrestris | terrestre |
| genitive | terrestris | terrestris | terrestris |
| dative | terrestrī | terrestrī | terrestrī |
| accusative | terrestrem | terrestrem | terrestre |
| ablative | terrestrī | terrestrī | terrestrī |
| vocative | terrestris | terrestris | terrestre |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | terrestrēs | terrestrēs | terrestria |
| genitive | terrestrium | terrestrium terrestrārum | terrestrium |
| dative | terrestribus | terrestribus | terrestribus |
| accusative | terrestrīs terrestrēs | terrestrīs terrestrēs | terrestria |
| ablative | terrestribus | terrestribus | terrestribus |
| vocative | terrestrēs | terrestrēs | terrestria |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- iter terrestre, pedestre
- travel by land, on foot.
- regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia
- geographical knowledge.
terrestris, e (
I. nom. masc. terrester, Flor 2, 2, 4; v. infra), adj. terra, of or belonging to the earth or to the land, earth-, land-, terrestrial:
erant animantium genera quattuor, quorum unum divinum atque caeleste, alterum pennigerum et aërium, tertium aquatile, terrestre quartum, Cic. Univ. 10: pecudes, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 46: admiratio rerum caelestium atque terrestrium, Cic. N. D. 2, 30, 75: in Capitolio, hoc est in terrestri domicilio Jovis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129: terrestris coepulonus, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 20: archipirata, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 70; cf.: populus vere terrester, Flor. 2, 2, 4 Duk.: exercitus, land - forces, Nep. Them. 2, 5: proelia, battles by land, id. Alcib. 5, 5: iter, land-journey, Plin. 5, 6, 6, § 39; Auct. B. Alex. 25, 1; 32, 1: coturnices, parva avis et terrestris potius quam sublimis, remaining on the ground, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 64: He. Terrestris cena est. Er. Sus terrestris bestia'st, a supper from the ground, i. e. consisting of vegetables, poor, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 86. — Hence, subst.: terrestrĭa, ium, n. (sc. animalia), land-animals: in terrestribus serpentes, Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 169 sq.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
terrestris e, adj.
terra, of the earth, on land, earth-, land-, terrestrial : animantium genus: res: praesidium: exercitus, land-forces , N.: proelia, battles by land , N.: amoenitas, L.
Origins
Perhaps from Proto-Italic *terzestris, from *terzos + *-tris, the first of which would also be the base of terrēnus. The suffix -tris is possibly also seen in bimēnstris, as well as palūster, equester, pedester. Reanalysis as terr-estris, as if derived from terra, would have yielded a new suffix -estris which is found in e.g. campester and silvestris. From a synchronic perspective of Classical Latin, terrestris indeed contained the -estris-suffix.
Descendants
- Catalanterrestre
- Englishterrestrial
- Frenchterrestre
- Romanianterestrufrom French terrestre
- Italianterrestre
- Portugueseterrestre
- Spanishterrestre
- Friulianterest
- Normantèrrêtrefrom Old French terrestre
In English words that came into English from terrestris
- terrestrialterrestris
- terrestriousterrestris