Category:Terminus

Ter"mi*nus, n.; pl. Termini. Etym: [l. See term.]

1. Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.

2. (myth.)

Defn: the roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue Was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, Satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the Ground on a boundary line.

3. Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See term, 8.

4. Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the Town or city, at that place.