Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Terra antiqua, potens armis atque ubere glebæ—An ancient land, powerful in arms and in the fertility of its soil. Virg., of Italy.

Terra firma—Dry land, in contradistinction to sea.

Terra incognita—An unknown land or domain of things.

Terra innanzi, e terra poi—Earth originally, and earth finally. It. Pr.

Terra malos homines nunc educat, atque 40 pusillos—The earth now supports many bad and weak men. Juv.

Terræ filius—A son of the earth; a man of obscure or low origin. Pers.

Terram cœlo miscent—They mingle heaven and earth.

Terrible penalty, with the ass-ears or without them, inevitable as death, written for ever in heaven, against all who, like Midas, misjudge the inner and the upper melodies, and prefer gold to goodness, desire to duty, falsehood to fact, wild nature to God, and a sensual piping Pan to a high-souled, wise-hearted, and spirit-breathing Apollo. Ed., apropos to the fable of Midas.

Tertium quid—A third something, produced by the union or interaction of two opposites.

Tertium sal—A third salt; a neutral salt; the 45 union of an acid and an alkali.