tertiarius
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ter.tiˈaː.ri.us/, [t̪ɛrt̪iˈäːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ter.t͡siˈa.ri.us/, [t̪ert̪͡s̪iˈäːrius]
Adjective
tertiārius (feminine tertiāria, neuter tertiārium); first/second-declension adjective
- containing a third part
- (Medieval Latin, Catholicism) of 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
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tertiārius | tertiāria | tertiārium | tertiāriī | tertiāriae | tertiāria | |
| Genitive | tertiāriī | tertiāriae | tertiāriī | tertiāriōrum | tertiāriārum | tertiāriōrum | |
| Dative | tertiāriō | tertiāriō | tertiāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | tertiārium | tertiāriam | tertiārium | tertiāriōs | tertiāriās | tertiāria | |
| Ablative | tertiāriō | tertiāriā | tertiāriō | tertiāriīs | |||
| Vocative | tertiārie | tertiāria | tertiārium | tertiāriī | tertiāriae | tertiāria | |
Noun
tertiārius m (genitive tertiāriī or tertiārī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin, Catholicism) one who lives according to the principles of a third order
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tertiārius | tertiāriī |
| Genitive | tertiāriī tertiārī1 |
tertiāriōrum |
| Dative | tertiāriō | tertiāriīs |
| Accusative | tertiārium | tertiāriōs |
| Ablative | tertiāriō | tertiāriīs |
| Vocative | tertiārie | tertiāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “tertiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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