tertius

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

tertius (1) adj.numord.

ter, the third : trīs video sententias ferri: unam . . . alteram . . . tertiam ut, etc.: Pompei consulatus: tertio illo anno: Saturnalibus tertiis, i. e. on the third day of the Saturnalia : ab Iove tertius Aiax, i. e. great-grandson of Jupiter , O.: per tertia numina iuro, i. e. by the infernal gods , O.: regna, the infernal regions , O.: Tertius e nobis, i. e. one of us three , O.