tertia
- proper noun
- /ˈtɜrʃə/
- Archaic
- In ancient texts, Tertia is often mentioned as the name for the third daughter in Roman families.
- Tertia pars
- Tertia pars philosophiae
Examples
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The name Tertia became popular in the 16th century, symbolizing a family's hope for a third daughter.
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Tertia was honored as a significant character in many Latin plays written during the Renaissance.
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For Eustachius's discussion of this distinction, see Tertia pars, 49-51.83.
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Abra de Raconis, Tertia pars philosophiae, 98.85.
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For Abra de Raconis's account of intellect, memory, and will, see Tertia pars philosophiae, 875-95.103.
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Eustachius (Tertia pars, 10-11) also ties these principles to substantial change: "matter, form, and privation, thus are the principles of the generation of natural things?"
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Since the completion of his overview of Aquinas in two volumes, Torrell has also published a two-volume study on Aquinas's presentation in the Tertia Pars.
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Eustachius (Tertia pars, 393) also notes that the internal sense is singular: "There is a single internal faculty of apprehension, or really a single internal sense?"
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On the intellect, intelligible species, and phantasms, see Abra de Ra-conis, Tertia pars philosophiae, 875-79.106.
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Eustachius (Tertia pars, 257) cites Aristotle's definition: "The soul is the actuality of a natural organic body, having life potentially in it? The soul is that by which we first live, we have sensation, and we understand.
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Tertia is a name from Latin tertius, which means 'third', and it was often given to a family's third daughter in ancient Rome. So tertia literally marks the birth order, making the name easy to remember.