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

  1. 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

Descendants

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
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