adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
tertiārius1
tertiārius (feminine tertiāria, neuter tertiārium)
Classical[tɛr.tiˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ter.t͡siˈaː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectivecontaining a third part
- Medieval Latinadjectiveof 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
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tertiārius | tertiāria | tertiārium |
| genitive | tertiāriī | tertiāriae | tertiāriī |
| dative | tertiāriō | tertiāriae | tertiāriō |
| accusative | tertiārium | tertiāriam | tertiārium |
| ablative | tertiāriō | tertiāriā | tertiāriō |
| vocative | tertiārie | tertiāria | tertiārium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tertiāriī | tertiāriae | tertiāria |
| genitive | tertiāriōrum | tertiāriārum | tertiāriōrum |
| dative | tertiāriīs | tertiāriīs | tertiāriīs |
| accusative | tertiāriōs | tertiāriās | tertiāria |
| ablative | tertiāriīs | tertiāriīs | tertiāriīs |
| vocative | tertiāriī | tertiāriae | tertiāria |
tertĭārĭus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. containing a third part.
I. Adj.:
stannum, that contains one part of white and two of black lead, Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 160. — Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
- Proto-Indo-European*tri-
- Proto-Indo-European*tritós
- Proto-Italic*tritios
- Latintertiārius
Latin -ārius Latin tertiārius From tertius (“third”) + -ārius.
Descendants
- Catalantercer
- Englishtertiary
- Frenchtertiaire
- Portugueseterceirofrom Old Galician-Portuguese terçeiro
- Spanishtercero
- Asturiantercerfrom Old Leonese tereceyro
- Asturiantercerufrom Old Leonese tereceyro
- Galicianterceirofrom Old Galician-Portuguese terçeiro
In English words that came into English from tertiārius
- tertiarytertiārius