Tertullianus

Latin

Alternative forms

• (Christian writer): Tert. (abbreviation)
• (jurist): Tertylliānus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ter.tul.liˈaː.nus/, [t̪ɛrt̪ʊlːʲiˈäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ter.tul.liˈa.nus/, [t̪ert̪ulːiˈäːnus]

Proper noun

Tertulliānus m sg (genitive Tertulliānī); second declension

1. A masculine cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (circa AD 155–240), prolific early Christian author from Carthage, Africa Proconsularis
      • (Can we find and add a quotation of Isidore of Seville to this entry?)
   2. a celebrated jurist during the reign of Septimius Severus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Tertulliānus
genitive	Tertulliānī
dative	Tertulliānō
accusative	Tertulliānum
ablative	Tertulliānō
vocative	Tertulliāne

Derived terms

• Tertulliānistae (Late Latin)

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Τερτυλλιανός (Tertullianós)
• English: Tertullian
• French: Tertullien

References

• “Tertulliaʹnus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “Tertullĭānus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1 Tertullĭānus ou Tertyllĭānus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,562/1”
• 2 Tertullĭānus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,562/1”

Further reading

• Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la