tertianus

Latin

Etymology

From tertius (“third”) +‎ -ānus (“pertaining to”).

Adjective

tertiānus (feminine tertiāna, neuter tertiānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. belonging to the third

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tertiānus	tertiāna	tertiānum		tertiānī	tertiānae	tertiāna
genitive	tertiānī	tertiānae	tertiānī		tertiānōrum	tertiānārum	tertiānōrum
dative	tertiānō	tertiānae	tertiānō		tertiānīs
accusative	tertiānum	tertiānam	tertiānum		tertiānōs	tertiānās	tertiāna
ablative	tertiānō	tertiānā	tertiānō		tertiānīs
vocative	tertiāne	tertiāna	tertiānum		tertiānī	tertiānae	tertiāna

Derived terms

• sēmitertiānus

Descendants

• ⇒ Latin: (febris) tertiānā
  • Catalan: terçana
  • → English: tertian

Further reading

• “tertianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press