Tĕrentĭus, i, m.; Tĕrentĭa, ae, f.,
I Terence , the name of a Roman gens
1 P. Terentius After, the celebrated comic poet , born at Carthage A. U. C. 569, Cic. Fam. 13, 35, 1; Suet. Vit. Ter.—
2 M. Terentius Varro, a celebrated scholar , an elder contemporary and friend of Cicero , Gell. 13, 10, 6; Plin. 35, 14, 49, 173.—
3 C. Terentius Varro, Roman general at Cannae , Liv. 22, 61.—In fem. , Terentia, the wife of Cicero. — Hence,
A Tĕ-rentĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Terentius , Terentian : Terentia et Cassia lex frumentaria, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 52. —
B Tĕrentĭānus , a, um, adj., of Terence , Terentian : Chremes, i. e. occurring in the poet Terence , Cic. Fin. 1, 1, 3; so, Phormio, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 56: Terentianus ipse se puniens, i. e. the Heautontimoroumenos , id. Tusc. 3, 27, 65: verbum, id. Lael. 24, 89: exercitus, commanded by M Terentius Varro , Liv. 23, 32, 16.—
C Tĕ-rentilla , ae, f. dim. of Terentia, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 69. —
2 Subst.: Tĕrentĭā-nus , i, m., a proper name. L. Terentianus Maurus, a grammarian at the close of the first century after Christ , author of a metrical work.