tertianadj.n.

/ˈtəːʃən/

Forms: Middle English tertiane, Middle English–1500s tercian(e, tercyan, 1500s tercyen, tersan, ( tarcian), 1700s tercion, 1500s– tertian.

Etymology: Middle English in fever terciane , or terciane , < Latin febris tertiāna , also tertiāna noun, < tertius third: see -an suffix. Compare Old French tierçain(e adjective (13th cent. in Godefroy), tierçaine noun, a fever (12th cent.).

A. adj.

1. Pathology. Of a fever or ague: Characterized by the occurrence of a paroxysm every third (i.e. every alternate) day.In early use following the noun as in French; cf. quotidian adj. and n.

ΚΠ

c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 139 Ye shul haue a ffeuere terciane Or an Agu.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vii. xxxix A Feuere Terciane..greueþ fro þe þrid daye to the þrid and namelich aboute þe þrid houre.

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. v. 48 During her husbands sicknesse, being a long and tedious, first Tertian, then double Tertian feauer.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 37 To cure Quotidian, Tertian and Quartan Agues.

1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 318 Sometimes it is attended at the beginning by chills, which return with the tertian, double tertian, or quotidian type.

†2. Third in order. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > group of three > [adjective] > third in order

third971

three1521

tertian1592

tertiary1656

ternary1690

ternal1804

1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 123 They made three battels and a reregard, The first had Glesquine,..The Earle of Aucer ruld the second ward, Th'archpriest did their tertian battell hold.

3. Music. Applied to the mean-tone temperament (in which the major thirds are perfectly in tune).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [adjective] > specific system of tuning

tempered1728

well-tempered1820

isotonic1828

mesotonic1864

commatic1875

schistic1875

tertian1875

temperate1876

1875 A. J. Ellis tr. H. L. F. von Helmholtz On Sensations of Tone 649 Mean~tone, Mesotonic or Tertian Temperament.

4. Tertian Father n. in the Society of Jesus, a member of the order who is passing through the last of the three stages of probation, which prepares him for admission to the final vows.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > seminary > [noun] > Jesuit, for novices > person attending

scholastic1706

Tertian Father1855

1855 [see tertianship n. at Derivatives].

1876 J. Morris in J. H. Pollen Life & Lett. J. Morris (1896) vii. 181 Three different communities under one Rector—the novices, scholastics, and Tertian Fathers.

B. n.

1. Short for tertian ague or fever. double tertian, one in which there are two sets of paroxysms, each recurring every third (i.e. alternate) day.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > fever of specific duration

tertian1362

quartana1387

quotidiana1398

ephemera1398

quarterna1568

day-fever1601

nonan1601

quintan1601

septimane1601

sextan1601

semitertian1609

triple quartan1625

diary1640

septan1657

third ague1674

quartanary1684

subintrant1684

intermittent1693

nonary1747

seven day fever1788

octan1799

third-day ague1818

type-fever1819

triple tertian1822

triplicate quartan (ague)1822

tetartophyia1842

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xii. 80 Mi name is feuere, on þe ferþe day I am a-þrest euere;..men haue I tweyne, Þat on is called cotidian.., Tercian þat oþer, trewe drinkeres boþe!

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 229 He fel in a tercian, þat continued many dayes.

1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. v. f. 5^v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Many other speciall kindse, as Quotidians, Tertians, Quartans.

1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iii. 151 Lying sick of a Tertian.

1844 C. J. Lever Tom Burke II. lxxiii. 178 The tertian of Egypt, so fatal among the French troops, now numbered him among its victims.

†2. An obsolete liquid measure for wine, oil, etc., the third of a tun, i.e. 84 wine gallons (= 70 imperial gallons); also, a large cask of this capacity; a puncheon. See also quot. 1543. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > barrel or cask as unit > one third of a tun

tertian1423

thirdendeal1423

1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 256/1 The Terciane iiii^xx iiii galons.

1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 7 Euery butt of Malmesey shuld conteyne cxxvi galons,..euery tarcian or poncheon lxxxiiii galons.

1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. N.iiii Of wine & Oyle the tertian holdeth 84 galons... But..there be other kyndes of tertians, for there be tertians (that is to saye thyrdeles) of pypes, of hogges heddes, and of barels.

1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 55 It is declared that the Tun of Wine, Oil, and Honey, should contain..252 Gallons; the Pipe or Butt 126; the Tertian 84.

3. In Scottish Universities (latterly only at Aberdeen), a student in his third year. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > 3rd or final year student

questionist1549

upperclassman1586

sophister1841

third season man1841

tertian1857

1857 Clerk Maxwell in Life (1882) x. 296 Where Tertian and Semi are hot in dispute And the voice of the Magistrand never is mute.

1894 W. L. Low D. Thomson iv. 83 During my Tertian year we were examined by him only once.

1895 A. M. Stoddart J. S. Blackie I. 228 He followed the Natural Philosophy and Moral Philosophy courses as a tertian and a magistrand.

4. A mixture stop on an organ, consisting of a tierce and larigot combined.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > mixture-stops > specific

cornet1660

clarionc1670

sesquialtera1688

sesquialter1841

cymbal1852

harmonica1852

plein jeu1855

sext1855

fourniture1876

rauschpfeife1876

tertian1876

zimbel1888

cornet-stop-

1876 J. Hiles Catech. Organ (1878) x. 77.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 432/1 Tertian, an organ stop composed of two ranks of pipes, sounding a major third and fifth of the foundation pipes, in the third octave above; a Tierce and Larigot on one slider.

5. Geometry. A curve of the third order, a cubic. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > of specific order > third

cubic curve1728

cubic1882

tertian1891

1891 in Cent. Dict.

6. Short for Tertian Father n. at sense A. 4.

Derivatives

ˈtertianship n. Roman Catholic Church the position of being a Tertian Father (see A. 4).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > seminary > [noun] > Jesuit, for novices > person attending > condition of

tertianship1855

1855 R. Boyle Boyle versus Wiseman 56 After he has been associated with the Society [of Jesus] for fifteen or twenty years, he is required to retire into, what is technically called, a tertianship, or a third year's probation.

1892 J. H. Pollen Acts Eng. Martyrs 358 He was Minister of the Tertianship at Ghent and then Prefect and Confessor at St. Omers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tertian
释义	tertianadj.n. /ˈtəːʃən/ Forms: Middle English tertiane, Middle English–1500s tercian(e, tercyan, 1500s tercyen, tersan, ( tarcian), 1700s tercion, 1500s– tertian. Etymology: Middle English in fever terciane , or terciane , < Latin febris tertiāna , also tertiāna noun, < tertius third: see -an suffix. Compare Old French tierçain(e adjective (13th cent. in Godefroy), tierçaine noun, a fever (12th cent.). A. adj. 1. Pathology. Of a fever or ague: Characterized by the occurrence of a paroxysm every third (i.e. every alternate) day.In early use following the noun as in French; cf. quotidian adj. and n. ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 139 Ye shul haue a ffeuere terciane Or an Agu. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vii. xxxix A Feuere Terciane..greueþ fro þe þrid daye to the þrid and namelich aboute þe þrid houre. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. v. 48 During her husbands sicknesse, being a long and tedious, first Tertian, then double Tertian feauer. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 37 To cure Quotidian, Tertian and Quartan Agues. 1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 318 Sometimes it is attended at the beginning by chills, which return with the tertian, double tertian, or quotidian type. †2. Third in order. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > group of three > [adjective] > third in order third971 three1521 tertian1592 tertiary1656 ternary1690 ternal1804 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 123 They made three battels and a reregard, The first had Glesquine,..The Earle of Aucer ruld the second ward, Th'archpriest did their tertian battell hold. 3. Music. Applied to the mean-tone temperament (in which the major thirds are perfectly in tune). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > [adjective] > specific system of tuning tempered1728 well-tempered1820 isotonic1828 mesotonic1864 commatic1875 schistic1875 tertian1875 temperate1876 1875 A. J. Ellis tr. H. L. F. von Helmholtz On Sensations of Tone 649 Mean~tone, Mesotonic or Tertian Temperament. 4. Tertian Father n. in the Society of Jesus, a member of the order who is passing through the last of the three stages of probation, which prepares him for admission to the final vows. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > seminary > [noun] > Jesuit, for novices > person attending scholastic1706 Tertian Father1855 1855 [see tertianship n. at Derivatives]. 1876 J. Morris in J. H. Pollen Life & Lett. J. Morris (1896) vii. 181 Three different communities under one Rector—the novices, scholastics, and Tertian Fathers. B. n. 1. Short for tertian ague or fever. double tertian, one in which there are two sets of paroxysms, each recurring every third (i.e. alternate) day. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > fever of specific duration tertian1362 quartana1387 quotidiana1398 ephemera1398 quarterna1568 day-fever1601 nonan1601 quintan1601 septimane1601 sextan1601 semitertian1609 triple quartan1625 diary1640 septan1657 third ague1674 quartanary1684 subintrant1684 intermittent1693 nonary1747 seven day fever1788 octan1799 third-day ague1818 type-fever1819 triple tertian1822 triplicate quartan (ague)1822 tetartophyia1842 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xii. 80 Mi name is feuere, on þe ferþe day I am a-þrest euere;..men haue I tweyne, Þat on is called cotidian.., Tercian þat oþer, trewe drinkeres boþe! a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 229 He fel in a tercian, þat continued many dayes. 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. v. f. 5^v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Many other speciall kindse, as Quotidians, Tertians, Quartans. 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iii. 151 Lying sick of a Tertian. 1844 C. J. Lever Tom Burke II. lxxiii. 178 The tertian of Egypt, so fatal among the French troops, now numbered him among its victims. †2. An obsolete liquid measure for wine, oil, etc., the third of a tun, i.e. 84 wine gallons (= 70 imperial gallons); also, a large cask of this capacity; a puncheon. See also quot. 1543. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > barrel or cask as unit > one third of a tun tertian1423 thirdendeal1423 1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 256/1 The Terciane iiii^xx iiii galons. 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 7 Euery butt of Malmesey shuld conteyne cxxvi galons,..euery tarcian or poncheon lxxxiiii galons. 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. N.iiii Of wine & Oyle the tertian holdeth 84 galons... But..there be other kyndes of tertians, for there be tertians (that is to saye thyrdeles) of pypes, of hogges heddes, and of barels. 1752 Philos. Trans. 1749–50 (Royal Soc.) 46 55 It is declared that the Tun of Wine, Oil, and Honey, should contain..252 Gallons; the Pipe or Butt 126; the Tertian 84. 3. In Scottish Universities (latterly only at Aberdeen), a student in his third year. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > 3rd or final year student questionist1549 upperclassman1586 sophister1841 third season man1841 tertian1857 1857 Clerk Maxwell in Life (1882) x. 296 Where Tertian and Semi are hot in dispute And the voice of the Magistrand never is mute. 1894 W. L. Low D. Thomson iv. 83 During my Tertian year we were examined by him only once. 1895 A. M. Stoddart J. S. Blackie I. 228 He followed the Natural Philosophy and Moral Philosophy courses as a tertian and a magistrand. 4. A mixture stop on an organ, consisting of a tierce and larigot combined. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > mixture-stops > specific cornet1660 clarionc1670 sesquialtera1688 sesquialter1841 cymbal1852 harmonica1852 plein jeu1855 sext1855 fourniture1876 rauschpfeife1876 tertian1876 zimbel1888 cornet-stop- 1876 J. Hiles Catech. Organ (1878) x. 77. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 432/1 Tertian, an organ stop composed of two ranks of pipes, sounding a major third and fifth of the foundation pipes, in the third octave above; a Tierce and Larigot on one slider. 5. Geometry. A curve of the third order, a cubic. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > of specific order > third cubic curve1728 cubic1882 tertian1891 1891 in Cent. Dict. 6. Short for Tertian Father n. at sense A. 4. Derivatives ˈtertianship n. Roman Catholic Church the position of being a Tertian Father (see A. 4). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > seminary > [noun] > Jesuit, for novices > person attending > condition of tertianship1855 1855 R. Boyle Boyle versus Wiseman 56 After he has been associated with the Society [of Jesus] for fifteen or twenty years, he is required to retire into, what is technically called, a tertianship, or a third year's probation. 1892 J. H. Pollen Acts Eng. Martyrs 358 He was Minister of the Tertianship at Ghent and then Prefect and Confessor at St. Omers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1362
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