Terentilia gens
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The gens Terentilia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Only one member of this gens appears in history; Gaius Terentilius Arsa was tribune of the plebs in 462 BC.[1] A few others are known from inscriptions.
The nomen Terentilius belongs to a large class of gentilicia derived from other names, typically cognomina ending in diminutive suffixes such as -ulus and -illus.[2] Here the name may be formed from another nomen, Terentius, for which the diminutive Terentillus is found. The antiquarian Varro, himself a member of the Terentia gens, derived this name from terenus, a Sabine word meaning "soft",[3] although Chase proposes the Latin terens, one who grinds or threshes.[4] One of the Terentilii known from inscriptions has an Oscan praenomen, Statius.[5]
Branches and cognomina
Members
- This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
- Gaius Terentilius Arsa,[i] tribune of the plebs in 462 BC, called for the establishment of a commission to codify the laws respecting the imperium of the consuls.[8][9][10]
- Gaius Terentilius, a freedman named in an inscription from Praeneste in Latium.[11]
- Publius Terentilius, built a tomb at Tarquinii in Etruria.[12]
- Quintus Terentilius, the father of Quintus Terentilius Rufus.[13]
- Statius Terentilius, the former master of Statius Terentilius Firmus.[5]
- Titus Terentilius, the former master of Gaius Terentilius.[11]
- Statius Terentilius St. l. Firmus, a freedman named in an inscription from Rome.[5]
- Quintus Terentilius Q. f. Rufus, named in an inscription from Rome.[13]