tertĭānus
a, um, adj.
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.