Tertius
TER-shuss
Latin
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Updated Tue Mar 26 2024
Tertius Origin and Meaning
The name Tertius is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "third".
Never as well known as that other Roman numeral name, Octavius, Tertius just might hold some appeal for the parent seeking a really obscure name with the patina of antiquity for her third son.
Tertius was an early Christian and a scribe whp assisted Paul in writing his epistle to the Romans. In George Eliot's Middlemarch, Tertius Lydgate is an idealistic doctor.
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Tertius in Pop Culture
- Tertius Lydgatecharacter in George Eliot's novel Middlemarch