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English
Etymology
From Terentius + -ian.
Adjective
Terentian (comparative more Terentian, superlative most Terentian)
- Of or relating to Terence (Publius Terentius Afer, 195/185–159 BC), Ancient Roman playwright.
1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “ VIII. That Verbal Allusions Are Not Wit, Because They Will Not Bear a Translation.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. , London: Edward Moxon, , →OCLC, page 239:How would certain topics, as aldermanity, cuckoldry, have sounded to a Terentian auditory, though Terence himself had been alive to translate them? Senator urbanus, with Curruca to boot for a synonime, would but faintly have done the business.
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