land (subs.) Copy link Outline I. As distinguished from water1. terra Caes.2. tellus, ūris. f. (poet.) sea and l. were indistinguishable, mare et t. nullum discrimen habebant, Ov. M. 1, 291.II. III. Ground, in respect of its qualityIV. A countryV. Landed property • land (subs.): I. As distinguished from water: 1. terra Caes.: Cic. By l. and sea, t. marique. Sall. Cat. 13: Cic.: also, terra ac mari, Cic. Att. 10, 4, init. 2. tellus, ūris. f. (poet.) sea and l. were indistinguishable, mare et t. nullum discrimen habebant, Ov. M. 1, 291. II. : Any portion of preced.: ăger, agri: to bestow a grant of l., agrum dare, Liv. 2, 16, med.: to hold public l., agros publicos tenere (possidere), Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68: l.s paying dues or rent, agri vectigales, ib. 2, 24, 64 Belonging to or affecting such l., agrarius e. g. a law for the allotment of l., lex agraria, Cic.: Liv. (pass.) III. Ground, in respect of its quality: sŏlum: v. soil. IV. A country: the l. of Italy, t. Italia (by no means genit.), Liv. 25, 7: Caes. very oft. pl., to whatever l.s, in quascunque t., Cic. Rep. 2, 4, extr. See country (II.). V. Landed property: v. estate.