Tertia is the Latin word for "third"

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*In ancient Roman the word often denoted a third daughter of a family **

Aemilia Tertia Aemilia Tertia, also known as Aemilia Paulla (c. 230–163 or 162 BC), was the wife of the Roman consul and censor Scipio Africanus. She was the daughter, possibly the third surviving daughter, of the consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus and the ...

(circa 230-163 BC), wife of Scipio Africanus **

Junia Tertia Junia Tertia, also called Tertulla, (c. 75 BC – 22 AD) was the third daughter of Servilia and her second husband Decimus Junius Silanus, and later the wife of Gaius Cassius Longinus. Biography Early life Through her mother she was the younger ...

(circa 60 BC-22 AD), daughter of Servilia Caepionis **

Mucia Tertia Mucia Tertia (fl. 79–31 BC) was a Roman '' matrona'' who lived in the 1st century BC. She was the daughter of Quintus Mucius Scaevola, the '' pontifex maximus'' and consul in 95 BC. Early life Her mother was closely related to Cato the Younger ...

(1st century BC), daughter of Quintus Mucius Scaevola **

Licinia Tertia Licinia is the name used by ancient Roman women of the ''gens Licinia''. Known individuals Daughter of Gaius Licinius Varus Licinia (flourished 188 BC–180 BC) was the daughter of Gaius Licinius Varus and the sister of Publius Licinius Crassus ...

, (1st century BC), wife of

Gaius Marius the Younger Gaius Marius "the Younger" (c. 110 – 82 BC) was a Roman republican general and politician who became consul in 82 BC with Papirius Carbo. He fought in Sulla's civil war. He committed suicide that same year at Praeneste, after his defeat by S ...

* It could also refer to women of the Tertia gens **

Tertia (actress) {{short description, Ancient Roman actress and dancer Tertia (died ''after'' 74 BC) was an ancient Roman actress and dancer. Tertia was born on Sicily as the daughter of the dancer-actor Isidorus. She is famous in history as the mistress of Verr ...

, 1st-century BC actress

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* , a German cargo ship in service 1922-24 *

Tertia (album) ''Tertia'' is the second full-length studio album by the American post-rock band Caspian, released through The Mylene Sheath digitally on August 11, 2009, and physically on September 15, 2009. It is the band's first album to be released on The M ...

, the second album by American band Caspian * The name Tertia is used to refer to Edith, one of the three Liddell Sisters (Lorina, Alice and Edith), within Lewis Carroll's poem ' All in the golden afternoon...'. * Tertia, alternative name for the

organ stop An organ stop is a component of a pipe organ that admits pressurized air (known as ''wind'') to a set of organ pipes. Its name comes from the fact that stops can be used selectively by the organist; each can be "on" (admitting the passage of air ...

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Terce Terce is a canonical hour of the Divine Office. It consists mainly of psalms and is held around 9 a.m. Its name comes from Latin and refers to the third hour of the day after dawn. With Sext, None and Compline it belongs to the so-called "Little ...

, third of the canonical hours

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