Difference between revisions of "Terminus"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_183931" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_183931" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8. </p> <p> (2): (n.) The | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Either]] end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80603" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_80603" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:05, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.
(2): ( n.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.
(3): ( n.) Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
(4): ( n.) Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
In Roman mythology a deity who presided over boundaries, the worship of whom was instituted by Numa ( q. v .).
