tertiarius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tertius (“third”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ter.tiˈaː.ri.us/, [t̪ɛrt̪iˈäːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ter.t͡siˈa.ri.us/, [t̪ert̪͡s̪iˈäːrius]
Adjective edit
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 edit
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 | |
Descendants edit
Noun edit
tertiārius m (genitive tertiāriī or tertiārī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin, Catholicism) one who lives according to the principles of a third order
Declension edit
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 edit
- “tertiarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press