Terminus

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin terminus (“a boundary or border, a limit or point”). Doublet of terminus and term.

Proper noun

Terminus

1. (Roman mythology) The god of boundaries and landmarks, focus of the important Roman festival of Terminalia.

   Synonym: terminal figure

Anagrams

• minuters, muntries, muster in, numerist, run times, run-times, runtimes, unmiters, unmitres

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin terminus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛʁmiːnʊs/

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• Hyphenation: Ter‧mi‧nus

Noun

Terminus m (strong, genitive Terminus, plural Termini)

1. term (word or phrase, especially one from a specialized area of knowledge, i.e., a technical term)

   Synonyms: Fachausdruck, Fachbegriff, Fachbezeichnung, Fachwort, Kunstwort, Terminus technicus

See also

• Termin
• Terminus ad quem
• Terminus ante quem
• Terminus a quo
• Terminus post quem

Further reading

• “Terminus” in Duden online
• “Terminus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Etymology

Proprialisation of terminus (“a boundary, a limit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈter.mi.nus/, [ˈt̪ɛrmɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈter.mi.nus/, [ˈt̪ɛrminus]

Proper noun

Terminus m sg (genitive Terminī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus (“a boundary, a limit”)