terrestris
Latin
Etymology
From terra (“earth; Earth; land”) + -estris.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /terˈres.tris/, [t̪ɛrˈrɛs̠t̪rɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /terˈres.tris/, [t̪erˈrɛst̪ris]
Adjective
terrestris (neuter terrestre); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of or pertaining to the earth or land; terrestrial, earthly.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | terrestris | terrestre | terrestrēs | terrestria | |
Genitive | terrestris | terrestrium | |||
Dative | terrestrī | terrestribus | |||
Accusative | terrestrem | terrestre | terrestrēs terrestrīs | terrestria | |
Ablative | terrestrī | terrestribus | |||
Vocative | terrestris | terrestre | terrestrēs | terrestria |
Related terms
- terra
- terrēnus
- terreus
- terricola
- terrigena
- territōrium
- terrōsus
- terrula
- terrulentē
- terrulentus
Descendants
- Catalan: terrestre
- English: terrestrial
- French: terrestre
- → Romanian: terestru
- Friulian: terest
- Italian: terrestre
- Old French: terrestre
- Norman: tèrrêtre
- Portuguese: terrestre
- Romanian: terestru
- Spanish: terrestre
References
- “terrestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “terrestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- terrestris in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- terrestris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- travel by land, on foot: iter terrestre, pedestre
- geographical knowledge: regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia
- travel by land, on foot: iter terrestre, pedestre