Termes

See also: termes and termés

Translingual

Etymology

From the Late Latin termes, late variant of the Classical Latin tarmes (woodworm), used by Linnaeus.

Proper noun

Termes m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Termitidae.

Usage notes

  • Termites are not well described. This genus name has been used to include a large number of termites, not necessarily properly associated with the genus as described by Linnaeus.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: termes

References

Latin

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Termes n (indeclinable)

  1. Lerma (a town in Hispania Tarraconensis)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Florus to this entry?)
Derived terms
  • Termestīnī
  • Termestīnus
Descendants
  • French: Termès

References

  • Termes³”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Termes² in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Termēs f sg (genitive Termētis); third declension

  1. a town in Ionia
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Termēs
Genitive Termētis
Dative Termētī
Accusative Termētem
Ablative Termēte
Vocative Termēs
Locative Termētī
Termēte

References

  • Termes³”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Termēs³ in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

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