terminus
lat. ‘Grenzstein, Grenze, Ende, Schluß’, logisches Satzglied
mlat. auch ‘Gebiet, Maß, festgesetzter Zeitpunkt’ sowie ‘Aussage, Ausspruch, Wort’.
From Proto-Italic from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“boundary”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τέρμα (térma, “a goal”), τέρμων (térmōn, “a border”).
Von uital *termenos, von uig. *térmn̥ „Grenze“. Kognat zu agr. τέρμα térma, „ein Ziel“, τέρμων térmōn, „eine Grenze“.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈter.mi.nus/, [ˈt̪ɛrmɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈter.mi.nus/, [ˈt̪ɛrminus]
Noun
terminus m (genitive terminī); second declension
- a boundary, limit, end
- (Medieval Latin) word, term, definition
- (Medieval Latin) due date, a time to convene
- (Medieval Latin) mode, wise, fashion, manner
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | terminus | terminī |
| Genitive | terminī | terminōrum |
| Dative | terminō | terminīs |
| Accusative | terminum | terminōs |
| Ablative | terminō | terminīs |
| Vocative | termine | terminī |