TERMINUS

Ter″mi‐nus (?), n.; pl. Termini (#). [[L. See Term.]] 1. 1. Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.
2. 2. (Myth.) 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. 3. Hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. See Term, 8.
4. 4. Either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.