"ternus" meaning in Latin

See ternus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Numeral

Etymology: From ter (“thrice”) + -nus (adjective-forming suffix), compare the older trinus. Etymology templates: {{af|la|ter|-nus|id2=numeral|pos2=adjective-forming suffix|t1=thrice}} ter (“thrice”) + -nus (adjective-forming suffix) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|ternus<1&2+.distr>}} Forms: terna [feminine], ternum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], ternus [masculine, nominative, singular], terna [feminine, nominative, singular], ternum [neuter, nominative, singular], ternī [masculine, nominative, plural], ternae [feminine, nominative, plural], terna [neuter, nominative, plural], ternī [genitive, masculine, singular], ternae [feminine, genitive, singular], ternī [genitive, neuter, singular], ternum [genitive, masculine, plural], ternōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], ternum [feminine, genitive, plural], ternārum [feminine, genitive, plural], ternum [genitive, neuter, plural], ternōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], ternō [dative, masculine, singular], ternae [dative, feminine, singular], ternō [dative, neuter, singular], ternīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], ternum [accusative, masculine, singular], ternam [accusative, feminine, singular], ternum [accusative, neuter, singular], ternōs [accusative, masculine, plural], ternās [accusative, feminine, plural], terna [accusative, neuter, plural], ternō [ablative, masculine, singular], ternā [ablative, feminine, singular], ternō [ablative, neuter, singular], ternīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], terne [masculine, singular, vocative], terna [feminine, singular, vocative], ternum [neuter, singular, vocative], ternī [masculine, plural, vocative], ternae [feminine, plural, vocative], terna [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. (in the plural) three each; three at a time Tags: declension-1, declension-2, in-plural, numeral
    Sense id: en-ternus-la-num-6NUcUMHO
  2. triple, threefold, trinary Tags: declension-1, declension-2, numeral Categories (topical): Distributive numbers
    Sense id: en-ternus-la-num-B52DQZrG Disambiguation of Distributive numbers: 22 78 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -nus (numeral) Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -nus (numeral): 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: terniō, ternālis (english: medieval Latin), ternārius

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "medieval Latin",
      "word": "ternālis"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ternārius"
    }
  ],
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      "text": "→ Catalan: tern (learned)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "Italian: terno",
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      "text": "Italian: terno"
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    }
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    {
      "form": "terna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
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        "neuter"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ternī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ternō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ternus<1&2+.distr>"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "three each; three at a time"
      ],
      "id": "en-ternus-la-num-6NUcUMHO",
      "links": [
        [
          "each",
          "each"
        ],
        [
          "at a time",
          "at a time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) three each; three at a time"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "in-plural",
        "numeral"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -nus (numeral)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "orig": "la:Distributive numbers",
          "parents": [
            "Numbers",
            "All topics",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And Cerberus will not bark at him with threefold face",
          "ref": "c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 2.1.184",
          "text": "illum nec terno latrabit Cerberus ore"
        }
      ],
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        "triple, threefold, trinary"
      ],
      "id": "en-ternus-la-num-B52DQZrG",
      "links": [
        [
          "triple",
          "triple"
        ],
        [
          "threefold",
          "threefold"
        ],
        [
          "trinary",
          "trinary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "numeral"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ternus"
}
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    "Latin first and second declension numerals",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin numerals",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -nus (numeral)",
    "la:Distributive numbers"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "terniō"
    },
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      "english": "medieval Latin",
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    },
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    }
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: tern (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "terno"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: terno",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: terno"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "lbor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: terno (learned)"
    },
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            "lbor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Spanish: terno (learned)"
    }
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      "form": "terna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ternus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ternae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "terna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "three each; three at a time"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "each",
          "each"
        ],
        [
          "at a time",
          "at a time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) three each; three at a time"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "in-plural",
        "numeral"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And Cerberus will not bark at him with threefold face",
          "ref": "c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 2.1.184",
          "text": "illum nec terno latrabit Cerberus ore"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "triple, threefold, trinary"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "triple",
          "triple"
        ],
        [
          "threefold",
          "threefold"
        ],
        [
          "trinary",
          "trinary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "numeral"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ternus"
}

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