Tertullianus

Latin

Alternative forms

(Christian writer): Tert. (abbreviation)
(jurist): Tertylliānus

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ter.tul.liˈaː.nus/, [tɛr.tʊl.lɪˈaː.nʊs]

Proper noun

Tertulliānus m (genitive Tertulliānī); second declension

A masculine cognomen — famously held by:
1. Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (circa AD 155–240), prolific early Christian author from Carthage, Africa Proconsularis
  - (Can we find and add a quotation of Isidore of Seville to this entry?)
2. a celebrated jurist during the reign of Septimius Severus

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tertulliānus
Genitive	Tertulliānī
Dative	Tertulliānō
Accusative	Tertulliānum
Ablative	Tertulliānō
Vocative	Tertulliāne

Derived terms

Tertulliānistae (Late Latin)

Descendants

English: Tertullian
French: Tertullien

References

Tertulliaʹnus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Tertullĭānus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
1 Tertullĭānus ou Tertyllĭānus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “1,562/1”
2 Tertullĭānus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “1,562/1”

Further reading

Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

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