tertium quidn.

/ˈtəːʃɪəm ˈkwɪd/

Etymology: Latin, apparently rendering Greek τρίτον τι, ‘some third thing’.

Something (indefinite or left undefined) related in some way to two (definite or known) things, but distinct from both. (Greek τρίτον τι occurs in Plato Sophist 250. The Latin form is in Irenæus Adv. Her. 2. 1. 3 (c196), where it doubtless represents τρίτον τι of the lost Greek original; also, in Tertullian Adv. Praxean 27 (a220), and tertium nescio quid in Hilary Synod. 73 (c358). The passage in Tertullian mentions electrum as an example of a body produced by the mixture of gold and silver; and apparently tertium quid was used by the alchemists of a third substance different from its two constituents: see quot. 1724 from Bailey, and cf. tertium sal n. Examples of the phrase in English context are late.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > something uncertain

uncertaintya1387

ambiguity1445

moot point1563

measuring cast1631

inconcludency1654

disputablea1657

undefinable1809

tertium quid1826

open question1837

question mark1870

inconclusion1886

disputability1892

borderliner1953

undecidable1965

1613 Theatrum Chemicum Index Tertium quid. 1101, 1085.]

1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Tertium Quid, (among Chymists) the Result of the Mixture of some two Things, which forms something very different from both. L[atin].

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) I. 157 The baleful product or tertium Aliquid, of this union retarded the civilization of Europe for Centuries.]

1826 Edinb. Rev. Sept. 255 Balancing the opinions of Gall against those of Spurzheim, or compounding out of them a tertium quid.

1881 R. Adamson Fichte v. 110 While..we appear to assert that the two orders of facts make up all that is, we have in reality placed alongside of them..the thinking subject or mind, a tertium quid which certainly stands in need of some explanation.

1902 Menzies Demonic Possess. N.T. vi. 187 The achievement was either devilish or divine. There was no tertium quid.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	tertium quid
释义	tertium quidn. /ˈtəːʃɪəm ˈkwɪd/ Etymology: Latin, apparently rendering Greek τρίτον τι, ‘some third thing’. Something (indefinite or left undefined) related in some way to two (definite or known) things, but distinct from both. (Greek τρίτον τι occurs in Plato Sophist 250. The Latin form is in Irenæus Adv. Her. 2. 1. 3 (c196), where it doubtless represents τρίτον τι of the lost Greek original; also, in Tertullian Adv. Praxean 27 (a220), and tertium nescio quid in Hilary Synod. 73 (c358). The passage in Tertullian mentions electrum as an example of a body produced by the mixture of gold and silver; and apparently tertium quid was used by the alchemists of a third substance different from its two constituents: see quot. 1724 from Bailey, and cf. tertium sal n. Examples of the phrase in English context are late.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > something uncertain uncertaintya1387 ambiguity1445 moot point1563 measuring cast1631 inconcludency1654 disputablea1657 undefinable1809 tertium quid1826 open question1837 question mark1870 inconclusion1886 disputability1892 borderliner1953 undecidable1965 1613 Theatrum Chemicum Index Tertium quid. 1101, 1085.] 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Tertium Quid, (among Chymists) the Result of the Mixture of some two Things, which forms something very different from both. L[atin]. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) I. 157 The baleful product or tertium Aliquid, of this union retarded the civilization of Europe for Centuries.] 1826 Edinb. Rev. Sept. 255 Balancing the opinions of Gall against those of Spurzheim, or compounding out of them a tertium quid. 1881 R. Adamson Fichte v. 110 While..we appear to assert that the two orders of facts make up all that is, we have in reality placed alongside of them..the thinking subject or mind, a tertium quid which certainly stands in need of some explanation. 1902 Menzies Demonic Possess. N.T. vi. 187 The achievement was either devilish or divine. There was no tertium quid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1724
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