tertiarius

Latin

Etymology

From tertius (“third”) +‎ -ārius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ter.tiˈaː.ri.us/, [t̪ɛrt̪iˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ter.t͡siˈa.ri.us/, [t̪ert̪͡s̪iˈäːrius]

Adjective

tertiārius (feminine tertiāria, neuter tertiārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. containing a third part
2. (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

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tertiārius	tertiāria	tertiārium		tertiāriī	tertiāriae	tertiāria
genitive	tertiāriī	tertiāriae	tertiāriī		tertiāriōrum	tertiāriārum	tertiāriōrum
dative	tertiāriō	tertiāriae	tertiāriō		tertiāriīs
accusative	tertiārium	tertiāriam	tertiārium		tertiāriōs	tertiāriās	tertiāria
ablative	tertiāriō	tertiāriā	tertiāriō		tertiāriīs
vocative	tertiārie	tertiāria	tertiārium		tertiāriī	tertiāriae	tertiāria

Descendants

• English: tertiary
• French: tertiaire
• Portuguese: terceiro
• Spanish: tercero

Noun

tertiārius m (genitive tertiāriī or tertiārī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin, Catholicism) one who lives according to the principles of a third order

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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

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