terni — Lewis & Short
terni, ae, a,
I num. distr. adj. [ter].
I Lit., three each:
ea partes habet novem discretas, ter ternas,Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 12; so,
terni ter cyathi,Hor. C. 3, 19, 14:
ut in jugera singula ternis medimnis decidere liceret,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48, § 114; so id. Balb. 21, 48; Caes. B. G. 3, 15 al.:
ternae sunt utriusque partes,Cic. Or. 60, 201:
muneraque in naves ternos optare juvencos,Verg. A. 5, 247:
ternūm pedum longitudo,Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 103:
ternūm digitorum,id. 20, 17, 73, § 190:
cubitorum,id. 25, 6, 30, § 66; also,
intervallo ternorum pedum,id. 16, 36, 67, § 173:
pariunt terna ova,Col. 8, 14, 5.—In sing.:
terno consurgunt ordine remi,Verg. A. 5, 120:
te Gratia terna afflavit,i. e. the three Graces, Claud. Laud. Seren. 88.—
II Transf., for tres, three:
quid ternas (litteras)?Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 33:
tres equitum numero turmae ternique vagantur Ductores,Verg. A. 5, 560:
saecula,Tib. 4, 1, 112:
terna guttura monstri,Ov. M. 10, 22:
immane est vitium, dare milia terna macello,Hor. S. 2, 4, 76:
ter terna, quae sunt novem,Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.