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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós ~ *tritós, ordinal form of *tréyes. Akin to Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos), Proto-Germanic *þridjô and Proto-Slavic *tretь.
Pronunciation
Numeral
tertius (feminine tertia, neuter tertium); first/second-declension numeral
- third, the ordinal number after secundus (“second”) and before quārtus (“fourth”)
Usage notes
- In a poetic sense it is used for the Roman "Third World", that is the "Underworld", of Pluto
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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, 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