terminus
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”). From the god Terminus who presided over boundaries.
[edit] Noun
terminus (plural termini or terminuses)
- The end or final point of something.
- The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located.
- A boundary or border, or a post or stone marking such a boundary.
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From the Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to cross over”) root. Confer Sanskrit tar-, tīrain (“a shore, an edge”); Ancient Greek τέρμα (“a goal”) and τέρμων (“a border”), trāns (“across, over”) and intrō (“I enter, I go into”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
terminus (genitive terminī); m, second declension
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| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | terminus | terminī |
| genitive | terminī | terminōrum |
| dative | terminō | terminīs |
| accusative | terminum | terminōs |
| ablative | terminō | terminīs |
| vocative | termine | terminī |
