TERM Copy link • TERM 1. s. Space of time, spatium (general term): temporis intervallum (interval): dies certa: dies praestituta: tempus finitum, definitum (a fixed, appointed term). To fix or appoint a term, diem statuere, constituere, praefinire; tolerably long, diem statuere satis laxam (e.g., before the expiration of tech payment must be made; quam ante, etc.; Vid: Cic., Att., 6, 1, 16): to request a term of a few days, petere paucorum dierum interjectum (of a defendant; Tac., Ann., 3, 67, 2): to grant a term of some days to a debtor, alicui paucos ad solvendum dies prorogare: to request from anybody a short term, ab aliquo parvam exigui temporis usuram alicujus rei postulare (Vid: Cic., Agr., 3, 1, 2): the term expires, exit dies (e.g., induciarum, Liv., 4, 30: ☞ 22, 33). At the universities, in the courts of law, *terminus (technical term). A w o r d, verbum: vocabulum: nomen. Condition, Vid: Relation, ratio; plur., terms of friendship, etc.: by circumlocution; e.g., res mihi cum aliquo est; mihi cum hominibus his et gratia et necessitudo est (I am on good terms with, caelius ad Cic.): si mihi tecum minus esset, quam est cum omnibus (Cic.; if I were on less friendly terms with). 2. v. Vid. CALL, NAME.