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territorium

territory

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Where it lives

De Consolatione ad Marciam 1 · 1.19/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 4 · 0.57/10k
Res Gestae 3 · 0.24/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k
Philippicae 1 · 0.19/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. territorium — de Vaan

territorium 'territory' (Varro+), terrenus 'of dry land, of earth' (Lucn+); extorris 'exiled, banished' (Acc.+). Pit *tersa- 'earth', terso- 'area'. It cognates: O. teras [gen.sg. oracc.pl.] 'earth'; O. teerfum, terum [nom,sg.], tereis [gen.sg.], terei [loc.sg.] [n.] 'area' < *ters-o-. PIE *ters-h2- 'dry land'. IE cognates: Olr. tir 'territory; dry' [n.], OW tir < *ter$-o/es- (or */ers-r-, Thurneysen 1946: 49). Lat. … — [de Vaan, s.v. territorium, p. 630]

2. terrĭtōrĭum — Lewis & Short

terrĭtōrĭum, ii, n.terra,

I the land round a town, a domain, district, territory: colonis locus communis, qui prope oppidum relinquitur, territorium, Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; cf.: territorium est universitas agrorum intra fines cujusque civitatis, Dig. 50, 16, 239 fin.: florentis coloniae territorium, Cic. Phil. 2, 40, 102; so, Neapolitanum, Pall. Mart. 10, 16: extra territorium abire, Plin. 29, 6, 34, § 106: territoria earum (civitatum) habitare, Amm. 16, 2, 12.

In the wild

territorium Seneca, De Consolatione ad Marciam 6.17.4
territorium Cicero, Philippicae 2.102
territoria Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 16.2.12
territoria Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3.3.p2
territorio Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 5.24.p54
territorium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 29.6.p1

6 of 12 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. territorium (scan pp. 630-631; entry #1801). Root candidates: *tersa-, *ters-.

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