morte tenetur (is in the very grasp of death).-Hence, occupy, inhabit, possess, hold possession of, control, hold bound, guard, rule, have, be in (a place), fill (merely being there), reach (and so, hold): altum (be on); polum (cover); auros (sail through); prima (hold the first place); metum (gain); muros (reach); peste teneri (be overcome). Fig., possess (of a passion, &c.), fill: voluptas silvas. Also, hold (fast), maintain, retain, keep, remember: se rupes (hold fast); vestigia (keep one's feet, plant firmly); morem hunc sacrorum. Also, hold (back), bind, detain, delay, hold (bound), confine, restrain, keep in, keep out, surround (with siege), encompass: nox lunam in nube (hide); quo te cunque lacus fonte. Fig., detain, entice, allure, attract. So (in any position), keep (this way or that), direct, turn immota lumina; intenti ora (held their faces in eager attention); veteris Dei se more tenens (living, &c.).—Also, of a course, keep, hold: iter; fugam (pursue one's flight); medium iter. Absolutely (with implied object): tenent Danai qua deficit ignis (possess whatever, &c.).

tener, -era, -erum, [†tene (√ten with stem-vowel) + rus], adj., delicate, tender, soft, frail, plastic : orbs mundi (fluid, plastic, not yet hardened); umor (permeating), young, youthful, tender, delicate (from youth). - Masc. plur., the young, young shoots: a teneris (from the earliest age). tenor, -ōris, [√ten (in teneo) + or], m., a course (cf. tenere iter, etc.), a character. tento, see tempto. tentōrium, -i (-ii), [†tentŏ- (p.p. of tendo, reduced) + orium, n. of adj.], n., (place of tents), a tent.

neo) + us, cf. gravis and Sk. tanus], adj., thin (of texture or consistency), fine, delicate, slender, fragile, light, airy, substanceless, yielding, shallow (of a burrow), narrow, slight, light (of soil), permeating, subtle, heady (of wine): aurum (thread of); spiramenta (fine, minute). - Fig., humble, feeble, slight, unimportant, poor: in tenui labor (in a trifling matter).

tenuõ, -āvi, -ātum,-āre,[†tenui-], 1. v. a., make thin, waste away, cause to waste away, reduce. tenus [√ten (in teneo) +us, n. acc.], prep., as far as, up to. tepefacio, feci, factum, facere, [stem akin to tepeo-facio], cf. calefacio], 3. v. a., warm, heat (moderately).. tepefactus, -a, -um, p.p., warmed, heated: terra (recking); hasta (steeped). tepefactus, -a, -um, p.p. of tepefacio.

tepeo, no perf., no sup., -ēre, [√tep (akin to Sk. tap, burn), prob. through adj.-stem †tepo-, cf. tepidus], 2. v. n., be warm: caede humus (reck).

tepēsco, tepui, no sup., tepēscere, [ttepe (of tepeo)], 3. v. n., become warm: ferrum in pulmone (be steeped).

tepidus, -a, -um, [as if (or really) ttepo- (wh. tepeo) + dus], adj., warm, heated, simmering, reeking, still warm (of a body), not yet cold.

ter[petrified form of tres], adv., three times, thrice. There was often a superstition connected with this number. - ter centum, thrice a hundred, three hundred.- terque quaterque, thrice and again, indefinitely for three or four times.

terque quaterque beati, thrice and four times blest (of degree). terebinthus, -1, [Gr. repéßivoos], f., a turpentine tree, turpentine wood.

terebrõ, -āvī, -ātum, -āre, [†terebra-], I. v. a., bore, bore into,

bore out.

teres, -etis, [ttere- (of tero) + tis (reduced)], adj., smooth and round (cylindrical), round, smooth, well rounded: habena (well rolled?, well twisted?, not left flat, but worked into a round cord like a shoe-string).

Tēreus, -ei, (acc. -ea), [Gr. Typeús], m.: 1. A king of Thrace whose wife Progne along with her sister Philomela served up his son Itys at his table. All three were changed into birds; 2. A Trojan. tergeminus (tri-), -a, -um, adj., having three bodies, threefold, triple. tergeō, tersi, tersum, tergĕre

(also -o, -ere), [?], 2. (3.) v. a., clean, polish.

tergum, -1, [√tergum, poss. akin to tergeo, orig. hide ?], n., the back (of men and animals): terga resolvit (body, of Cerberus).

Less exactly, a ridge (of a furrow), a furrow?, the side (of a tree, as if it faced the south), the upper part of the body (of a serpent). — Also (see above), a hide, esp. a bull's hide, hence a shield, a layer (of a shield no longer made of hide).—a tergo, from behind, in the rear, behind. in tergum, backward. tergus, -oris, [terg (cf. tergum)

crush, wear, chafe, wear smooth (by constant use): iter (wear a path, of the ant); calcem calce Diores (tread on the heels); labore manum (callous, chafe).—Esp., thresh, press (of olives). Also, polish, turn. Also, wear away (of time), waste, pass : otia (waste the time in idleness). — In pass. by a change of idiom, rub against: alvo balteus (lit., is rubbed by). terra, -ae, [prob. for tersa, tors (in torreo) + a, cf. répow, Eng. thirst], f., dryland (as opposed to sea), the earth, the land. the earth (in all relations), land, soil, the ground: semina terrarum (earth, as an element). — Personified, Earth. — Also, a land, a country. - terra marique, y land and sea; orbis terrarum, the circle (according to earlier notions) of the lands, the whole world, the world.

Also,

terrēnus, -a, -um, [†terra- (with unc. change of stem) + nus], adj., earthy, of earth: artus (of earthy materials).

terreo, -ui, -itum, -ēre, [?, prob. fr. adj.-stem], 2. v. a., frighten, alarm, affright, scare, terrify; frighten away, scare away; drive in terror, hunt, pursue: me patris imago (haunt); terruit Auster euntes (equal to deter, though the orig. fig. is kept); frustra terrebere nimbis (needlessly fear).

terreus, -a, -um,[†terra-(reduced) +eus], adj., of earth.-Also, earthborn? (according to a doubtful reading).

terribilis, -e, [as if (or really) †terro- (wh. terreo) + bilis], adj., causing terror, dreadful, dread, terrible.

terrifico, no perf., no sup., -āre, [tterrifico-], 1. v. a., frighten, alarm, terrify.

terrificus, -a, -um, [†terrŏ- (wh. terreo) ficus (fac + us, cf. magnificus)], adj., awe-inspir

ing, terrible, dread, dreadful, frightful. territo, no perf., no sup., -āre,[†territŏ- (cf. terreo)], 1. v. a., alarm, frighten, affright: quos bello (equal to pursue, menace). territus, -a, -um, p.p. of terreo. terror, -ōris, [√ter (in terreo) + or], m., terror, alarm; - also in pl., alarm, terror, terrors, alarms, signs of terror. Concretely, a terror, a dreadful sight (omen, event, &c.).

tertius, -a, -um, [†tertŏ- (†tri + tus reduced, cf. TρITÓS) + ius], adj., third.

tessera, -ae, [Gr. Téonapes Latinized], f., a square (cf. quadra).

Esp., a square tablet on which the watchword was inscribed and passed through the ranks, a watchword.

testa, -ae, [tors (in torreo) + ta (f. of tus)], f. (perh. subst. omitted), baked clay, a tile, potsherds. Also, a piece of pottery (a jar, a lamp).

testātus, -a, -um, p.p. of testor. testis, -is, [?, but cf. antistes and

superstes], comm., a witness (of an action, a vow, a promise, &c.). testor, -ātus, -ārī, [†testi- (of testis)], I. v. dep., call to witness, swear by, protest before: deos et sidera. Also, declare (calling something to witness), swear, protest, bear witness, assert, asseverate; give warning (approve by testimony a course of conduct), exhort, bear witness to a thing, testify to (as a souvenir), be a witness of. Also, entreat (calling something to witness): accipe, testor. testūdo, -inis, [†testu- (akin to testa) + do], f., a tortoise (so called from its resemblance to a pot-lid, testu). - Less exactly, tortoise-shell. From its supposed origin, a lyre," shell." — Also, the testudo, a column of attack in which the shields were overlapped like shingles, forming a continuous

roof like the plates of the tortoise.

tēte, see tu.

tēter, see tacter, the better spelling. Tethys, -yos, [Gr. Tnoús], f., a sea

goddess, the nurse of Juno and wife of Oceanus. She was held to be the most ancient of the sea divinities and mother of all waters. Tetrica (Tae-), -ae, [ ?, perh. †taetro+ca], f., a mountain or cliff in the Sabine territory.

Teucer (-crus), -cri, [Gr. Teûкpos Latinized], m.: 1. A son of Telamon king of Salamis, and halfbrother of Ajax. He fled from home because he came back without his brother, and settled in Crete, founding a new Salamis; 2. A son of Scamander (said by some traditions to be a Cretan) and the nymph Idea. He figures as the great founder of the Trojan line through his daughter Batea, who married Dardanus. Their genealogy according to received traditions: SCAMANDER IDÆA

Teucria, -ae, [f. of adj. fr. †Teucro-], f., the land of Teucer, the Trojan land, Troy.

Teucrus, -a, -um, [same word as Teucer, decl. as adj.], adj., Trojan. - Plur., Teucri, -ōrum, the Trojans.

Teuthras, -antis, [Gr. Tev@pas], m., a Trojan.

Teutonicus, -a, -um, [†Teutono +cus], adj., of the Teutones (a tribe of Germany).- Less exactly, Ger

man.

Thronius, -i, [?], m., a Trojan. Thūlē (-ylē), -es, [Gr. Ooúλn], f., a supposed island at the northeastern extremity of Europe, beyond Britain, discovered by the navigator Pytheas. Its position is doubtful.

thureus, see tureus. thūrieremus, see turi-. thurifer, see turi-. thus, see tus.

Thybrinus, see Tiberinus. Thybris (Ty-), -is, [?], m.: I. A hero in the Trojan ranks; 2. See Tiberis.

Thyias (Thyas), -adis, [Gr. Oviás], f., a Bacchante, a Manad, one of the women who joined in the frenzied rites of Bacchus. They are often represented in works of art. Thymber, -brī, [?], m., a Rutulian (Ribbeck).

Thymbra, -ae, [Gr. Oúμßpn], f., a city near Troy famous for its temple of Apollo.

thymbra, -ae, [Gr. Ovμßpa], f., a fragrant herb, savory(?), (Satureia thymbra).

Thymbraeus, -a, -um, [Gr. OvμBpaios], adj., of Thymbra, Thymbræan. Masc. as subst.: I. The god of Thymbra (Apollo); 2. Name of a Trojan. Thymbris, -is, [Gr. name of the Tiber], m., a Trojan. Thymoetes, -ae, [Gr. Ovμoírns],

m., a Trojan at the siege of Troy.

Also one in Eneas' expedition. thymum (-us), -i, [Gr. Ovμov], n., thyme (a fragrant herb whose blossoms are loved by bees). Thyrsis, -idis, [Gr. Oupoís], m., a shepherd. thyrsus, -i, [Gr. Oupoós], m., a plant-stalk. Esp., the thyrsus (prob. originally a stalk), or wand of Bacchus, wreathed with ivy and vine leaves or other plants, and borne in the festival rites of the god.

tiara (-as), -ae, [Gr. Tiápa (-as)],

f. (or m.), a regal cap (a head

dress used by Eastern nations), a head-dress (equal to mitra, wh. see).

Tiberinus (Tibr-, Thỹ-), -a, -um, [Tiberi + nus], adj., of the Tiber.

Masc. as subst., Tiber (the rivergod).- the Tiber (half personified). Tiberis (Tibr-, Thy-), -is (-idis), [?], m.: 1. The Tiber, the great river of Rome; 2. The ancient Italian hero from whom the river was supposed to have been named. tībia, -ae, [?], f., the leg-bone. — Also, a pipe, the special instrument of shepherds, and in its larger forms of frenzied religious worship. It was blown at the end (the flute form being rare), and often two of different pitch were put together and blown at the same time.

Tibur, -uris, [?], n., an old and famous town of Latium on the Anio, twenty miles north-east of Rome, situated on a rocky hill. It long defended itself against the Roman power.

Tiburtus, -1, [†Tibur + tus], m., one of the mythic founders of Tibur, to which he was supposed to have given its name. (Now Tivoli, still famous for its waterfall.) Tiburs, -urtis, [†Tibur + tis, cf. Quiris], adj., of Tiber. Masc. plur., the inhabitants of Tiber, the Tiburtines.

tignum, -1, [unc. root + num, cf. magnus], n., a beam, a rafter. tigris, -is (-idis), [Gr. Tiypis], m. and f., a tiger, a tigress. Also, the Tiger, a name of a ship. Tigris, -idis (-is), [Gr. Tíypis], m., the river in Asia flowing between Mesopotamia and Assyria, and joining with the Euphrates in the Persian Gulf.

tilia, -ae, [?], f., the linden, the lime (corresponding to the American basswood). Timavus, -i, [?], m., a river between Istria and Venetia, flowing from seven rocky sources (between Aquileia and Trieste), makes a short