terminus post quemn.

Brit.

/ˈtəːmᵻnəs ˌpəʊst ˌkwɛm/, U.S.

/ˈtərmᵻnəs ˌpoʊs(t) ˈkwɛm/

Inflections: Plural termini post quem.

Forms:

α. 1800s– terminus post quem.

β. 1900s– terminus post.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with other borrowings from Latin; originally modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Latin terminus, post, quem, quī.

Etymology: < classical Latin terminus terminus n. + post after (see post- prefix) + quem, accusative of quī which (see who pron.), originally after German terminus post quem (1833 in the passage translated in quot. 1834, or earlier). Compare earlier terminus ad quem n. Compare also earlier terminus a quo n.In β. forms shortened < α. forms.

The earliest possible date at which something could have occurred or might occur; = terminus a quo n. 2. Frequently contrasted with terminus ante quem.

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the world > time > period > [noun] > beginning or end of a period

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terminus post quem1834

terminus ante quem1858

1834 R. Menzies tr. F. A. G. Tholuck Expos. Christ's Serm. on Mount I. 274 Augustine, on the support of Ps. cx. 1, and Matt. i. 25. ventured to assert that donec likewise denotes the terminus post quem [Ger. terminus post quem].

1896 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 16 156 We might fix as a terminus post quem the latter portion of the fifth century.

1936 Burlington Mag. Aug. 75/1 The dress the king is wearing did not become fashionable before 1796, a fact which indicates a terminus post quem.

1939 Burlington Mag. May 218/1 The termini post and ante of the glass, thus given by the birth of Charles (1500) and the death of Philip (1506).

1953 R. J. C. Atkinson Field Archaeol. vi. 166 It must be clearly understood that these termini post and ante quem are the closest that the archæologist can get (at least with present methods of research) to an absolute date.

1974 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 78 283 Hence the terminus post of a.d. 337 for Uranius.

2014 Evening Standard (Nexis) 30 Jan. 40 The figure is given no date—our only fixed point is the terminus post quem of 1917, the year in which he painted the picture on which it is based.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	terminus post quem
释义	terminus post quemn. Brit. /ˈtəːmᵻnəs ˌpəʊst ˌkwɛm/, U.S. /ˈtərmᵻnəs ˌpoʊs(t) ˈkwɛm/ Inflections: Plural termini post quem. Forms: α. 1800s– terminus post quem. β. 1900s– terminus post. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with other borrowings from Latin; originally modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Latin terminus, post, quem, quī. Etymology: < classical Latin terminus terminus n. + post after (see post- prefix) + quem, accusative of quī which (see who pron.), originally after German terminus post quem (1833 in the passage translated in quot. 1834, or earlier). Compare earlier terminus ad quem n. Compare also earlier terminus a quo n.In β. forms shortened < α. forms. The earliest possible date at which something could have occurred or might occur; = terminus a quo n. 2. Frequently contrasted with terminus ante quem. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > [noun] > beginning or end of a period terminusOE springinga1398 topc1440 fresh1566 front1609 skirt1624 epoch1673 turn1697 terminus post quem1834 terminus ante quem1858 1834 R. Menzies tr. F. A. G. Tholuck Expos. Christ's Serm. on Mount I. 274 Augustine, on the support of Ps. cx. 1, and Matt. i. 25. ventured to assert that donec likewise denotes the terminus post quem [Ger. terminus post quem]. 1896 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 16 156 We might fix as a terminus post quem the latter portion of the fifth century. 1936 Burlington Mag. Aug. 75/1 The dress the king is wearing did not become fashionable before 1796, a fact which indicates a terminus post quem. 1939 Burlington Mag. May 218/1 The termini post and ante of the glass, thus given by the birth of Charles (1500) and the death of Philip (1506). 1953 R. J. C. Atkinson Field Archaeol. vi. 166 It must be clearly understood that these termini post and ante quem are the closest that the archæologist can get (at least with present methods of research) to an absolute date. 1974 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 78 283 Hence the terminus post of a.d. 337 for Uranius. 2014 Evening Standard (Nexis) 30 Jan. 40 The figure is given no date—our only fixed point is the terminus post quem of 1917, the year in which he painted the picture on which it is based. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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