teres

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

teres etis, adj.

1 TER-, rounded off, rounded, well-turned, round, smooth : stipites, Cs.: oliva, V.: fusus, O.: hastile, L.: mucro, V.: cervix, rounded , V.: puer, a graceful figure , H.: plagae, tightly twisted , H.: zona, neat , O.: gemma, becoming , V.—Fig., finished, complete, smooth, polished : (sapiens) in se ipso totus teres atque rotundus, H.: Atticorum aures: oratio, polished .

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