interminus

in-termĭnus, a, um, adj.,

• boundless, endless (post-class.): oceanus, Avien. Perieg. 74: felicitas, Aus. Ep. 16, 38: lapsus stellarum, Ap. de Mund. p. 57, 18.

in-terminus, a, um, ohne Grenzen, unbegrenzt, a) eig.: Oceanus, Avien. perieg. 74. – b) übtr. = endlos, ohne Ende (Ggstz. incoeptus, ohne Anfang), stellarum lapsus, Apul.: felicitas, Auson.: bona longis intermina saeclis, Prud. c. Symm.

interminus [CL] 1 boundless, unlimited, immeasurable; b (of God, Christ, or their attributes; some quots. perh. to be referred to 2a infra). qui nosti, mundine intermina surgat / area Hanv. I 177.  b Deus ‥ illocalis, ~us, incircumscriptus ‥ Alcuin Dub. 1032A; lux enim est intermina [sc. Christus], / frangens furoris fulmina, / ne vindicent nequicias J. Howd. Cyth. 133. 10; sol [i. e. Christus], lux cujus manet intermina Id. Ph. 19; princeps intermine Ib. 882; hic magnus parvulus servus fit dominus / contentus continens, brevis interminus Walt. Wimb. Carm. 47. 2 unlimited (in time), endless, everlasting; b (in hyperbolic use) unending. ~o endeleasum GlP 786; pena reos claudit intermina, quos ab Averni / extricare potest carcere nulla dies Garl. Epith. I 599; [Jesus] digno vocatur nomine / vite vitis intermine J. Howd. Gaudia 3. 7.  b ~is deprecationibus nostri Redemptoris ‥ exoro clementiam H. Los. Ep. 11. 3 f. l. ‘‥ absque liberis erit inter mulieres mater tua’ [I Reg. xv 33]: ‥ tua [sc. praesumptionis] genetrix impietas †interminorum [l. inter minorum] facinorum captivata nutrices ‥ vitiorum ‥ subole carebit Bede Sam. 602B.

intermĭnus, a, um, infini [en étendue, en durée] : Avien. Perieg. 74 ; Aus. Ep. 16, 38.