I.gen. terras, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.: terraï, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 7 ib. (Ann. v. 479 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 212; 1, 251; 2, 1063; 3, 989 et saep.), f. perh. Sanscr. root tarsh-, to be dry, thirsty; Lat. torreo, torris; Germ Durst; Engl. thirst; prop. the dry land, the earth, opp. to the heavens, the sea, the air, etc.; land, ground, soil (cf.: tellus, solum).
I. In gen.: “principio terra universa cernatur, locata in mediā sede mundi, solida et globosa et undique ipsa in sese nutibus suis conglobata, etc.,” Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98: “terra in medio mundo sita,” id. Tusc. 1, 17, 40: “hunc statum esse hujus totius mundi atque naturae, rotundum ut caelum, terra ut media sit, eaque suā vi nutuque teneatur,” id. de Or. 3, 45, 178: “umbra terrae,” id. Rep. 1, 14, 22: “terrae motus,” earthquakes, id. Div. 1, 18, 35; 1, 35, 78; cf. Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 1 sqq.; Curt. 4, 4 fin.: Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191 sq.: “res invectae ex terrā,” Cic. Rep. 2, 5, 10: “terra continens adventus hostium denuntiat,” id. ib. 2, 3, 6: “Massilia fere ex tribus oppidi partibus mari alluitur: reliqua quarta est, quae aditum habeat a terrā,” Caes. B. C. 2, 1: “cui parti (insulae) nulla est objecta terra,” id. B. G. 5, 13: “iter terrā petere,” Cic. Planc. 40, 96; cf.: “ipse terrā eodem pergit,” Liv. 31, 16, 3: “esse in terrā atque in tuto loco,” on solid ground, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 87: “ex magnā jactatione terram videns,” Cic. Mur. 2, 4: terrā marique, by land and by water (very freq.), id. Att. 9, 1, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 56; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9, 2; Sall. C. 13, 3; cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120: “insidiae terrā marique factae,” Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 3; “the form et terrā et mari is also class.,” id. ib. 2, 2, 39, § 96 (B. and K. bracket the first et); 2, 5, 50, § 131; id. Mur. 15, 33; Liv. 37, 29, 5; Nep. Hann. 10, 2; id. Ham. 1, 2; id. Alcib. 1, 2; Sen. Ep 60, 2; 101, 4; “for which also: bellum terrā et mari comparat,” id. Att. 10, 4, 3: “terrā ac mari,” Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4: “marique terrāque usque quāque quaeritat,” Plaut. Poen. prol. 105: “aut terrā aut mari,” id. Ps. 1, 3, 83: “mari atque terrā,” Sall. C. 53, 2: “mari ac terrā,” Flor. 2, 8, 11: “mari terrāque,” Liv. 37, 11, 9; 37, 52, 3: “natura sic ab his investigata est, ut nulla pars caelo, mari, terrā (ut poëtice loquar) praetermissa sit,” Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 9: “eorum, quae gignuntur e terrā, stirpes et stabilitatem dant iis, quae sustinent, et ex terrā sucum trahunt, etc.,” id. N. D. 2, 47, 120: “num qui nummi exciderunt, ere, tibi, quod sic terram Obtuere?” Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 17: “tollere saxa de terrā,” Cic. Caecin. 21, 60: “tam crebri ad terram accidebant, quam pira,” Plaut. Poen. 2, 38; so, “ad terram,” id. Capt. 4, 2, 17; id. Pers. 2, 4, 22; id. Rud. 4, 3, 71: “aliquem in terram statuere,” Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18: “ne quid in terram defluat,” Cic. Lael. 16, 58: “penitus terrae defigitur arbos,” Verg. G. 2, 290; so. terrae (dat.), id. ib. 2, 318; id. A. 11, 87; Ov. M. 2, 347; Liv. 5, 51, 3; Plin. 14, 21, 27, § 133 al.: “sub terris si jura deum,” in the infernal regions, Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 39; cf.: “mei sub terras ibit imago,” Verg. A. 4, 654: “genera terrae,” kinds of earth, Plin. 35, 16, 53, § 191: “Samia terra,” Samian pottery clay, id. 28, 12, 53, § 194: terrae filius, son of earth, i. e. human being, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 4: “terrā orti,” natives of the soil, aborigines, autochthones, Quint. 3, 7, 26: cum aquam terramque ab Lacedaemoniis petierunt, water and earth (as a token of subjection), Liv. 35, 17, 7: “terram edere,” Cels. 2, 7, 7. —
B. Personified, Terra, the Earth, as a goddess; “usu. called Tellus, Magna Mater, Ceres, Cybele, etc.: jam si est Ceres a gerendo, Terra ipsa dea est et ita habetur: quae est enim alia Tellus?” Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 52; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5; Ov. F. 6, 299; 6. 460; Hyg. Fab. 55; 140; 152; Naev. 2, 16; Suet. Tib. 75. —
II. In partic., a land, country, region, territory (cf.: regio, plaga, tractus): Laurentis terra, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.): “terra erilis patria,” Plaut. Stich. 5. 2, 2; cf.: “in nostrā terrā in Apuliā,” id. Cas. prol. 72: “tua,” id. Men. 2, 1, 4: “mea,” Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 128: “in hac terrā,” Cic. Lael. 4, 13: “in eā terrā (sc. Sicilia),” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 106: “terra Gallia,” Caes. B. G. 1, 30: “terra Italia,” Liv. 25 7, 4 Drak. N. cr.; 29, 10, 5; 30, 32, 6; 38, 47 6; 39, 17, 2; “42, 29, 1: Africa,” id. 29, 23, 10 Hispania, id. 38, 58, 5: “Pharsalia,” id. 33, 6, 11. —In plur.: “in quascumque terras,” Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 9: “eae terrae,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18, § 47: “qui terras incolunt eas, in quibus, etc.,” id. N. D. 2, 16, 42: “abire in aliquas terras,” id. Cat. 1, 8, 20: “(Cimbri) alias terras petierunt,” Caes. B. G. 7, 77 et saep. — Esp., terrae, the earth, the world: “pecunia tanta, quanta est in terris,” in the whole earth, in the world, Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62: “quid erat in terris, ubi, etc.,” id. Phil. 2, 19, 48; 2, 20, 50; 2, 23, 57; id. Cael. 5, 12: “ruberes Viveret in terris te si quis avarior,” Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 157; Sen. Prov. 2, 9; so, “aureus hanc vitam in terris Saturnus agebat,” Verg. G. 2, 538: “terrarum cura,” id. ib. 1, 26. — Ante-class., also in terrā, in the world: “quibus nunc in terrā melius est?” Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 100: “scelestiorem in terrā nullam esse alteram,” id. Cist. 4, 1, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 52; 2, 3, 42; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 51; id. Aul. 5, 9, 12; id. Curc. 1, 2, 51.—Hence also the phrase orbis terrarum, the world, the whole world, all nations: “quae orbem terrarum implevere famā,” Plin. 36, 36, 13, § 76: “Graecia in toto orbe terrarum potentissima,” id. 18, 7, 12, § 65: “cujus tres testes essent totum orbem terrarum nostro imperio teneri,” Cic. Balb. 6, 16; but freq. also orbis terrarum, the world, i. e. the empire of Rome: “orbis terrarum gentiumque omnium,” id. Agr. 2, 13, 33; cf. id. Rosc. Am. 36, 103; “while orbis terrae,” the globe, the earth, the world, id. Phil. 13, 15, 30; id. Fam. 5, 7, 3; id. Fl. 41, 103; id. Agr. 1, 1, 2; “but also with ref. to the Roman dominion,” id. de Or. 3, 32, 131; id. Sull. 11, 33; id. Dom. 42, 110; id. Phil. 8, 3, 10; id. Off, 2, 8, 27; id. Cat. 1, 1, 3; cf. “of the Senate: publicum orbis terrae consilium,” id. Fam. 3, 8, 4; id. Cat. 1, 4, 9; id. Phil. 3, 14, 34; 4, 6, 14; 7, 7, 19; “v. orbis: quoquo hinc asportabitur terrarum, certum est persequi,” Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 18: ubi terrarum esses, ne suspicabar quidem, in what country, or where in the world, Cic. Att. 5, 10, 4, so, ubi terrarum, id. Rab. Post. 13, 37: “ubicumque terrarum,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 143; id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.
