The corpus record — Latin

termes1

termes1 · m

a bough cut off

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Where it lives

Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

1. termĕs — Lewis & Short

termĕs, ĭtis, m.tero,

I a bough cut off from the olive-tree, Hor. Epod. 16, 45; of the palm-tree, Gell. 3, 9, 9: inculto termite, Grat. Cyn. 20; cf.: termes ramus desectus ex arbore nec foliis repletus, ac nimis glaber, Fest. p. 367 Müll.

2. termes — Lewis & Short

termes, v. tarmes.

3. Termes — Lewis & Short

Termes, ētis, f., = *te/rmes,

I a town in Spain, now Lerma, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 27; Flor. 3, 22 fin.—Hence, Termestīnus, a, um, adj., belonging to Termes, Tac. A. 4, 45.—Subst.: Termestīni, ōrum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Termes, Epit. Liv. 54 Drak. —

II A town in Ionia, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118.

4. termes — Walde–Hofmann

termes, -is m. „abgeschnittener Zweig", speziell ,Ülzweig" ' (seit Hor., vgl. Paul. Fest. p. 367 rämus désectus ex arbore, nec foliis replétus, nec nimis glaber; rom. *termite), termiteus, -a, -um „vom Zweig“ seit Gratt.: Verbindung als *fergh-mes mit D TÉpXvoc, TpéyvOc, -ouc n. „Schößling, Zweig” (Froehde BB. 17,319) ist nur bei Zurückführung des gr. 1- auf idg. t- (Prellwitz KZ. 42, 386 unter einer nicht … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. termes, p. 1578]

In the wild

termes Horace, Epodon 16.45
Termes Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 3.3.p6
Termetis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.29.p4
termes Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 3.9.9
termites Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 24.3.12
termitem Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.26.10

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. termes (scan p. 710; entry #11780).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. termes (scan pp. 1578-1579; entry #2975). Root candidates: *terejh-.

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