tertĭānus

a, um, adj.

id.

I. of or belonging to the third, tertian.
I. Adj.: tertianae febres, 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.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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