tertiarius

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Latin

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Etymology

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From tertius (third) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tertiārius (feminine tertiāria, neuter tertiārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. containing a third part
  2. (Medieval Latin, Catholicism) of or pertaining to the third orders, that is, Catholic orders of secular laypeople, who do not take any monastic vows nor are ordained but who nonetheless live according to certain standards of piety

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tertiārius tertiāria tertiārium tertiāriī tertiāriae tertiāria
Genitive tertiāriī tertiāriae tertiāriī tertiāriōrum tertiāriārum tertiāriōrum
Dative tertiāriō tertiāriō tertiāriīs
Accusative tertiārium tertiāriam tertiārium tertiāriōs tertiāriās tertiāria
Ablative tertiāriō tertiāriā tertiāriō tertiāriīs
Vocative tertiārie tertiāria tertiārium tertiāriī tertiāriae tertiāria

Descendants

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  • English: tertiary
  • French: tertiaire
  • Portuguese: terceiro
  • Spanish: tercero

Noun

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tertiārius m (genitive tertiāriī or tertiārī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, Catholicism) one who lives according to the principles of a third order

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tertiārius tertiāriī
Genitive tertiāriī
tertiārī1
tertiāriōrum
Dative tertiāriō tertiāriīs
Accusative tertiārium tertiāriōs
Ablative tertiāriō tertiāriīs
Vocative tertiārie tertiāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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