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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=teres (gen.), teretis ADJ :: [[smooth]]; [[tapering]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>tĕrĕs</b>: ĕtis, adj. [[tero]]; cf. Gr. [[τέρην]],> [[tender]],<br /><b>I</b> [[rounded]] [[off]], [[rounded]], [[well]]-turned, [[round]], [[smooth]], etc.: [[teres]] est in longitudine rotundatum, quales asseres [[natura]] ministrat, Fest. p. 363 Müll. ([[class]].; syn. [[rotundus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: stipites, Caes. B. G. 7, 73: [[palus]], Col. 4, 33, 4: trunci arborum, Verg. A. 6, 207: [[oliva]], id. E. 8, 16: [[virga]], Ov. M. 2, 135: [[fusus]], id. ib. 6, 22: [[hastile]], Liv. 21, 8, 10:[[mucro]], Verg. A. 7, 665: [[lapillus]], Ov. M. 10, 260: (fundae) [[habena]], Verg. A. 11, 579.—Of parts of the [[body]]: [[cervix]], [[round]], [[slender]], Lucr. 1, 35, Verg. A. 8, 633; so, [[collum]], Ov. M. 10, 113: brachiolum, Cat. 61, 181. surae, Hor. C. 2, 4, 21, Ov. M. 11, 80: membra, Suet. Caes. 45: digiti, Ov. A. A. 1, 622, [[hence]], of the form: [[puer]], Hor. Epod. 11, 28.—Of [[other]] objects: plagae, [[tightly]] [[twisted]], [[firmly]] [[woven]], Hor. C. 1, 1, 28 [[strophium]], Cat. 64, 65: [[zona]], Ov. F. 2, 320: [[gemma]], Verg. A. 5, 313: [[iaspis]], Claud Rapt. Pros. 2, 40: [[catena]], Luc. 3, 565: [[filum]], Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80: [[mitra]], Claud. in Eutr. 2, 185: [[coma]], [[curling]], [[curly]], Varr. ap Non. 328, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., in gen., [[smooth]], [[polished]], elegani: ([[sapiens]]) [[teres]] [[atque]] [[rotundus]], Hor. S. 2, 7, 86, imitated by Aus. Idyll. 16, 4: Atticorum aures teretes et religiosae, Cic. Or. 9, 27: teretes aures intellegensque judicium, id. Opt. Gen. 4, 11: vox in disputationibus, [[smooth]], [[without]] [[impediment]], Quint. 11, 3, 64: [[oratio]] plena, sed [[tamen]] [[teres]], [[rounded]] [[off]], [[polished]], Cic. de Or. 3, 52, 199: Ciceroni mollius teretiusque [[visum]] est, fretu scribere [[quam]] freto, Gell. 13, 20, 15.—Sup. and adv. [[seem]] not to [[occur]].
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>tĕrĕs</b>,¹¹ ĕtis ([[tero]]),<br /><b>1</b> arrondi, rond (cf. Fest. 363 ): Cæs. G. 7, 73, 6 ; Virg. En. 6, 207 ; 7, 665 ; Liv. 21, 8, 10 &#124;&#124; [en parl. du corps et des membres] : Lucr. 1, 35 ; Virg. En. 8, 633 ; Hor. O. 2, 4, 21 ; [[teres]] [[puer]] Hor. Epo. 11, 28, garçon bien tourné, bien fait &#124;&#124; [métaph.] [[sapiens]]..., [[teres]] [[atque]] [[rotundus]] Hor. S. 2, 7, 86, le sage..., qui [[est]] arrondi et sphérique = comme une boule unie sur laquelle glissent les événements<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] poli, fin, délicat : teretes aures Cic. Opt. 11, oreilles fines, exercées, cf. Cic. Or. 27 ; [[oratio]] [[teres]] Cic. de Or. 3, 199, style bien arrondi = bien proportionné, élégant ; fretu teretius scribere Gell. 13, 20, 15, s’exprimer d’une façon [[plus]] arrondie, [[plus]] élégante en disant fretu [au lieu de freto ].
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{{Georges
|georg=teres, etis, Abl. etī ([[tero]]), eig. rundgedreht; dah. I) v. Stöcken, Pfählen usw., länglichrund, [[bes]]. glattrund, [[hastile]], Liv.: [[stipes]], Caes.: [[mucro]], Verg.: [[fusus]], Ov.: lapilli, Ov.: [[gemma]], Verg.: [[testa]], Min. Fel. – dah. [[durch]] [[Trennung]] der einzelnen Begriffe in [[teres]], a) [[rund]] übh., [[gutta]], [[Auson]].: [[orbis]], [[Auson]]. – b) [[lang]], [[coma]], [[Varro]] [[sat]]. Men. 132. – c) [[glatt]], [[filum]], Plin. 11, 80. – d) bildl., [[fortis]] in se ipso [[totus]] [[teres]] [[atque]] [[rotundus]], der [[nicht]] an dem Irdischen [[kleben]] bleibt, Hor. [[sat]]. 2, 7, 86. – II) v. Stricken usw., drall, festgedreht, plagae, Hor. carm. 1, 1, 28: [[mitra]], Claud. in Eutr. 2, 185. – III) v. den [[Teilen]] [[des]] Leibes, [[gut]] [[bei]] Fleische, [[wie]] gedrechselt, [[schlank]], 1) eig.: [[cervix]], Lucr.: [[sura]], Hor.: teretia membra, Suet.: teretia crura, [[Porphyr]].: digiti, Ov.: [[puer]], Hor. – 2) bildl.: a) abgerundet, [[wie]] gedrechselt, [[versus]], Diom. 498, 25 u. 499, 21: neutr. pl. subst., scita et teretia [[Critolaus]] (dicebat), die [[Rede]] [[des]] Kr. war [[kunstgerecht]] u. gedrechselt, Gell. 6 (7), 14, 10. – b) [[geschmackvoll]], [[fein]], aures, Cic.: [[oratio]], Cic. – Ciceroni mollius teretiusque [[visum]] (est)... fretu scribere [[quam]] freto, Gell. 13, 20, 15.
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