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* tertĭātĭo, ōnis, f. [tertiatus], a doing a thing the third time; concr., that which is produced by a third operation: miscere tertiationem cum primā pressurā, the oil produced by the third pressure, Col. 12, 52, 11.

tertĭātō, adv., v. 2. tertio.

2. tertĭo, no

  1. I. perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [tertius], to do for the third time (very rare): jugerum, to plough for the third time, Col. 2, 4, 8: campos, id. 2, 4, 4: colles iterandi tertiandique, id. 2, 4, 9: agrum, Pall. Sept. 1, 1: tertiata verba, thrice repeated, i. e. stammered out, App. M. 5, p. 166 fin.
    Hence, for the third time, thrice: verba tertiato et quartato dicere, Cato ap. Serv. Verg. A. 3, 314.
  2. * II. Part.: tertĭātus, a, um, greater by a third: castra, whose length is one third greater than its breadth, Hyg. Grom. p. 8, 1.