tellus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

tellūs ūris, f

TAL-, the earth, globe : quae est media: telluris operta subire, V.— Earth, land, ground : instabilis, O.: Exercet tellurem, V.: inarata, H.: sterilis sine arbore, O.: iustissima, V.— A land, country, district, region, territory : barbara, O.: Gnosia, V.: Iubae, H.—As a divinity, Earth, Tellus : terra ipsa dea est; quae est enim alia Tellus?: Tellurem porco piabant, H.: aedis Telluris: Tellus mater, L.