tertĭānus, a, um, adj. [tertius], of or belonging to the third, tertian.
I Adj. : tertianae febres, i.e. the tertian fever , Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24.—
II Substt.
A tertĭāna , ae, f. (sc. febris), the tertian fever , Cels. 3, 5; Petr. 17; Plin. 24, 19, 107, § 170: tertianis et quartanis remedium, id. 21, 23, 94, § 166; 22, 25, 72, § 150.—
B tertĭāni , ōrum, m. (sc. milites), soldiers of the third legion , Tac. A. 13, 38; id. H. 3, 24.