tertio

Latin

Etymology

From tertius (“third”) +‎ -ō, from trēs (“three”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈter.ti.oː/, [ˈt̪ɛrt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈter.t͡si.o/, [ˈt̪ɛrt̪͡s̪io]

Verb

tertiō (present infinitive tertiāre, perfect active tertiāvī, supine tertiātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to do for the third time, thrice

Conjugation

• Perfect forms are unattested in Classical Latin.

Conjugation of tertiō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tertiō	tertiās	tertiat	tertiāmus	tertiātis	tertiant
	imperfect	tertiābam	tertiābās	tertiābat	tertiābāmus	tertiābātis	tertiābant
	future	tertiābō	tertiābis	tertiābit	tertiābimus	tertiābitis	tertiābunt
	perfect	tertiāvī	tertiāvistī	tertiāvit	tertiāvimus	tertiāvistis	tertiāvērunt, tertiāvēre
	pluperfect	tertiāveram	tertiāverās	tertiāverat	tertiāverāmus	tertiāverātis	tertiāverant
	future perfect	tertiāverō	tertiāveris	tertiāverit	tertiāverimus	tertiāveritis	tertiāverint
passive	present	tertior	tertiāris, tertiāre	tertiātur	tertiāmur	tertiāminī	tertiantur
	imperfect	tertiābar	tertiābāris, tertiābāre	tertiābātur	tertiābāmur	tertiābāminī	tertiābantur
	future	tertiābor	tertiāberis, tertiābere	tertiābitur	tertiābimur	tertiābiminī	tertiābuntur
	perfect	tertiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tertiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tertiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tertiem	tertiēs	tertiet	tertiēmus	tertiētis	tertient
	imperfect	tertiārem	tertiārēs	tertiāret	tertiārēmus	tertiārētis	tertiārent
	perfect	tertiāverim	tertiāverīs	tertiāverit	tertiāverīmus	tertiāverītis	tertiāverint
	pluperfect	tertiāvissem	tertiāvissēs	tertiāvisset	tertiāvissēmus	tertiāvissētis	tertiāvissent
passive	present	tertier	tertiēris, tertiēre	tertiētur	tertiēmur	tertiēminī	tertientur
	imperfect	tertiārer	tertiārēris, tertiārēre	tertiārētur	tertiārēmur	tertiārēminī	tertiārentur
	perfect	tertiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tertiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tertiā	—	—	tertiāte	—
	future	—	tertiātō	tertiātō	—	tertiātōte	tertiantō
passive	present	—	tertiāre	—	—	tertiāminī	—
	future	—	tertiātor	tertiātor	—	—	tertiantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tertiāre	tertiāvisse	tertiātūrum esse	tertiārī	tertiātum esse	tertiātum īrī
participles		tertiāns	—	tertiātūrus	—	tertiātus	tertiandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tertiandī	tertiandō	tertiandum	tertiandō	tertiātum	tertiātū

Derived terms

• tertiātiō
• tertiātō
• tertiātus

Descendants

• Catalan: terçar
• English: tertiate
• Italian: terziare
• Portuguese: terçar
• Spanish: terciar

Adverb

tertiō (not comparable)

1. for the third time
2. in the third place, thirdly
3. three times, thrice

Numeral

tertiō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tertius

References

• “tertio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tertio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tertio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.