Tertullian

English

Etymology

Anglicized from Latin Tertullianus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɜːˈtʌli.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /təɹˈtʌli.ən/

Proper noun

Tertullian

1. A Roman cognomen, in particular borne by the Christian theologian Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus from Carthage.

Translations

Roman cognomen

• Armenian: Տերտուղիանոս (Tertuġianos)
• French: Tertullien (fr) m
• Latin: Tertullianus
• Russian: Тертуллиан (Tertullian)

Adjective

Tertullian (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or in the style or manner of Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus from Carthage.
   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 604:

     And so the Malay C.P.O. listened, with a Tertullian willingness to believe, to the white men's stories.