TERRENISQUE, terrenisque
Sounds Like: teh-RREH-nees-kweh
Translations: and earthly, and terrestrial, and of the earth, and on the earth
From the root: TERRENUS
Part of Speech: Adjective, Conjunction
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the adjective 'terrenus' and the enclitic conjunction '-que'. 'Terrenus' means 'earthly' or 'terrestrial'. The '-que' attaches to the end of a word and means 'and', connecting it to the preceding clause or phrase. Therefore, 'terrenisque' means 'and earthly' or 'and terrestrial', referring to things that are related to the earth or land.
Inflection: Plural, Dative or Ablative, All genders
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, TERRENUS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- TERRENUS — earthly, terrestrial, of the earth, of land, land-based
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