tertius
Latin
< 2nd | 3rd | 4th > |
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Cardinal : tres Ordinal : tertius Adverbial : ter Multiplier : triplex Distributive : ternī | ||
Etymology
From trēs (“three”), originally from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈter.ti.us/, [ˈt̪ɛrt̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈter.t͡si.us/, [ˈt̪ɛrt̪͡s̪ius]
Numeral
tertius (feminine tertia, neuter tertium); first/second-declension numeral
- third, the ordinal number after secundus (“second”) and before quartus (“fourth”)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:tertius.
Usage notes
- In poetical sense it is used for the Roman "Third World", that is the "Underworld", of Pluto
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | tertius | tertia | tertium | tertiī | tertiae | tertia | |
Genitive | tertiī | tertiae | tertiī | tertiōrum | tertiārum | tertiōrum | |
Dative | tertiō | tertiō | tertiīs | ||||
Accusative | tertium | tertiam | tertium | tertiōs | tertiās | tertia | |
Ablative | tertiō | tertiā | tertiō | tertiīs | |||
Vocative | tertie | tertia | tertium | tertiī | tertiae | tertia |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “tertius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tertius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tertius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tertius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- it is the third hour (= 9 A.M.: tertia hora est
- I am in my thirteenth year: tertium decimum annum ago
- to be middle-aged (i.e. between thirty and forty): tertiam iam aetatem videre
- to admit another into the circle of one's intimates: aliquem (tertium) ad (in) amicitiam ascribere
- the actor who plays the leading part: actor primarum (secundarum, tertiarum) partium
- consul for the second, third time: iterum, tertium consul
- it is the third hour (= 9 A.M.: tertia hora est