ternio

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Latin

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    Cardinal: trēs
    Ordinal: tertius
    Adverbial: ter
    Proportional: triplus
    Multiplier: triplex
    Distributive: ternus, trīnus
    Collective: terniō
    Fractional: triēns

Etymology

Derived from ternī (“three each”).

Pronunciation

Noun

terniō m (genitive terniōnis); third declension

  1. The number three on a die
  2. a set of three
  3. a ternion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative terniō terniōnēs
genitive terniōnis terniōnum
dative terniōnī terniōnibus
accusative terniōnem terniōnēs
ablative terniōne terniōnibus
vocative terniō terniōnēs

References

  • “ternio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ternio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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