terminus

See also Terminus

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”). From the god Terminus who presided over boundaries.

Noun

terminus (plural termini or terminuses)

1. The end or final point of something.
2. The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located.
3. A boundary or border, or a post or stone marking such a boundary.

Related terms

• terminate
• terminations
• terminus a quo
• terminus ante quem

Anagrams

• runtimes, run times

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Latin

Alternative forms

• (uncommon) termen
• (collateral form) termō

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“through”) root. Confer Sanskrit तरति (tar-, “to overcome”), tīrain (“a shore, an edge”); Ancient Greek τέρμα (“a goal”) and τέρμων (“a border”), trāns (“through, across, over”) and intrō (“I enter, I go into”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈter.mi.nus/

Noun

terminus (genitive terminī); m, second declension

1. a boundary, limit, end

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	terminus	terminī
genitive	terminī	terminōrum
dative	terminō	terminīs
accusative	terminum	terminōs
ablative	terminō	terminīs
vocative	termine	terminī

Synonyms

• (boundary, limit): fīnis, līmes, mēta

Derived terms

conterminus disterminus exterminus

interminus terminālis terminō

Related terms

• terminātē
• terminātiō
• terminātor
• terminātus

Descendants

• English: terminus
• Italian: termine
• Old Portuguese: termio
• Portuguese: término, termo
• Romanian: țărm
• Spanish: término