terrae filiusA satirical orator who spoke at public ceremonies of the University of Oxford, and who ostensibly had official sanction for personal attacks.
terra firmaContinental land, as distinguished from islands.
terra incognitaLand that has never been explored, mapped, or surveyed.
terra nulliusEmpty land; land not legally belonging to anyone; no man's land.
terrellaA small magnetized model ball representing the Earth, used in investigating magnetism.
terricoleGround-dwelling or growing close to the ground.
terriculamentA source of unnecessary or uncontrollable fear.
testaceousPertaining to earthenware or baked clay.
testamentalOf or pertaining to a testament; testamentary.
testamenti factioThe legal capacity to compose a testamentum as a testator, available to any Roman citizen sui juris who had attained puberty (i.e. males of fourteen years or older and females of twelve years or older).
testamurA certificate of successful completion of an examination.
tetrarchyA government where power is shared by four people, especially (historical) the Herodian tetrarchy established in Judea after the death of Herod and the Tetrarchy of Diocletian which ruled the Roman Empire in the years 293-313.
textus receptusThe succession of printed Greek texts of the New Testament which constituted the translation base for various early versions of the Bible in Western and Central Europe.
T-formA second-person pronoun used in informal situations, to address friends, family, and sometimes inferiors.
ThebaicTheban; of or pertaining to Thebes, especially in the context of the Coptic scriptures.
ThebaidA region of ancient Egypt, comprising the thirteen southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan.
the cure is worse than the diseaseThe medical treatment for an illness produces a worse net result than the illness does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via adverse effects.
the die is castA conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner; the point of no return has been passed; the future is determined; there are no more options.
thelonyA toll or custom required from travelling merchants as a tax on doing business.
ThemistiusA male given name from Ancient Greek — famously held by
TheodoriasA Byzantine province on the coast of modern-day Syria, established in the 6th century CE by Emperor Justinian I, named in honor of his wife Theodora. Capital: Laodicea ad Mare (modern-day Latakia).
theologasterA poor theologian; someone who merely pretends to be a theologian.
TherapeutaeA Jewish sect which flourished in Alexandria and other parts of the Diaspora of Hellenistic Judaism in the final years of the Second Temple period.
there is nothing new under the sunThere is nothing truly novel in existence; every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past.
there's no accounting for tasteIn subjective matters of taste, people have wildly different opinions; disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved.