Definition of Terence

1. Noun. Dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC).

Exact synonyms: Publius Terentius Afer
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright

Definition of Terence

1. Proper noun. ( male given name). Popular in the U.K. in the mid-twentieth century. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Terence

Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski
Teodorico Borgognoni
Teotihuacan
Tepelenë
Tephrosia purpurea
Tephrosia virginiana
Tepic
Tepui tinamou
Tepui tinamous
Ter Sami
Terah
Teramo
Terebella
Terebellidae
Teredinidae
Terence (current term)
Terence Rattigan
Terengganu
Tereno
Teresa
Tereshkova
Teresina
Teri
Termagant
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
Terminalia
Termitidae
Terni
Ternopil
Terpander

Literary usage of Terence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1893)
"250 Plautus 639 3 356 Terence 96 2 22 _5S 735 + 5 378 + 305 ... Terence uses these words 182 times in 6 plays ( 6074 lines). ie Plautus averages 66.3 to a ..."

2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1890)
"The Comedies of Terence, translated into English Pros*; by Mr Gordon. Lond. 1752,12mo. In little estimation. The Comedies of Terence, translated into ..."

3. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"The Andria and the Eunuch of Terence. The Comedies of Terence, ... The Comedies of Terence, translated into f«m<n»T blank Verse by George Col- niac. ..."

4. The Drama of Sensibility: A Sketch of the History of English Sentimental by Ernest Bernbaum (1915)
"1 Oliver Goldsmith, though believing that Terence had made the nearest approaches to ... The first writer on sentimental comedy to interpret Terence in this ..."

5. Collections and Notes, 1867-1876 by William Carew Hazlitt (1876)
"Mason's books were sold in 1797, when the Terence was probably bought for the King. ... selected and gathered oute of Terence, and the same translated in to ..."

6. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"The Comedies of Terence, translated into English Prose by Mr. Gordon. Lond. 1752,12mo. In little estimation. The Comedies of Terence, translated into ..."

7. Collections and Notes, 1867-1876 by William Carew Hazlitt (1876)
"Flowres for latine speaking selected and gathered out of Terence, and the same traslated into englishe together with the exposition and setting forth aswel ..."

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