tertĭus | tertĭae, ārum | Tertĭus, ii | Tertĭa, ae | tertĭō | tertĭum (noun F.m.f) :
* Num. ord. adj. [ter], the third.
* Adj.: vos duo eritis, atque amica tua erit tecum tertia,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 66: tres video sententias ferri: unam, etc. ... alteram, etc. ... tertiam ut, etc.,Cic. Lael. 16, 56; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26: sic disserunt: si quod sit in obscenitate flagitium, id aut in re esse aut in verbo: nihil esse tertium,Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1; cf. id. Phil. 2, 13, 31: annus,id. Rep. 2, 37, 62: tertio illo anno,id. ib. 3, 32, 44: mancipia venibant Saturnalibus tertiis,i.e. on the third day of the Saturnalia,id. Att. 5, 20, 5: ab Jove tertius Ajax,the third in descent, greatgrandson of Jupiter,Ov. M. 13, 28: per tertia numina juro,i.e. by the infernal gods,id. Tr. 2, 53: regna,the infernal regions,id. F. 4, 584: tertius e nobis,i.e. one of us three,id. M. 14, 237: tertios creari (censores),Liv. 6, 27, 5: tertius dies est,it is two days since,Plin. Ep. 4, 27, 1: syllaba ab eā tertia,Quint. 1, 5, 30: diebus tertiis,every three days,Gell. 9, 4, 7.
* Substt.
* F. (sc. partes).
* A third part: miscentur argento tertiae aeris Cyprii,Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 131; 34, 5, 11, § 20: cum ad tertias subsederit coctura,Col. 12, 20, 4; 12, 35; Plin. 21, 18, 71, § 119: duae tertiae partes,two thirds,Col. 5, 2, 11.—*
* M., and , , f., proper names. The latter in a sarcastic pun: Tertiā deductā (after a third was deducted, or after Tertia was seduced), Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 2; Suet. Caes. 50.—Adv.
* For the third time: non hercle veniam tertio,Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 24: ille iterum, ille tertio pecuniam dedit,Cic. Deiot. 5, 14: sanguis mittendus est iterum tertioque,Cels. 4, 4, fin.: cui ter proditae patriae: semel cum, etc. ... iterum cum, etc. ... tertio hodie, etc.,Liv. 23, 9, 11; tertio consules esse, Plin. Pan. 60, 5; cf. Gell. 10, 1.—*
* For the third time: nemo est quin saepe jactans Venerium jaciat aliquando, non numquam etiam iterum ac tertium,Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121: veniunt iterum atque tertium, Cato ap. Charis. p. 196 P.: idque iterum tertiumque,Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 139: consules creati Q. Fabius Vibulanus tertium et L. Cornelius Maluginensis,Liv. 3, 22, 1; 6, 27, 2: mori consulem tertium oportuit,id. 3, 67, 3; Front. Aquaed. 10; cf. Gell. 10, 1.
* Three times (post-class.): parietes tertio obducere,Pall. 1, 11, 2; Treb. Gall. 17.