ternarius

Latin

Etymology

From ternus +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /terˈnaː.ri.us/, [t̪ɛrˈnäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /terˈna.ri.us/, [t̪erˈnäːrius]

Adjective

ternārius (feminine ternāria, neuter ternārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. Containing or consisting of three things
2. ternary

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ternārius	ternāria	ternārium		ternāriī	ternāriae	ternāria
Genitive	ternāriī	ternāriae	ternāriī		ternāriōrum	ternāriārum	ternāriōrum
Dative	ternāriō		ternāriō		ternāriīs
Accusative	ternārium	ternāriam	ternārium		ternāriōs	ternāriās	ternāria
Ablative	ternāriō	ternāriā	ternāriō		ternāriīs
Vocative	ternārie	ternāria	ternārium		ternāriī	ternāriae	ternāria

Descendants

• Catalan: ternari
• French: ternaire
• Galician: ternario
• Italian: ternario
• Occitan: ternari
• Portuguese: ternário
• Romanian: ternar
• Spanish: ternario

References

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