Tertullian

English

Etymology

Anglicized from Latin Tertullianus.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /tɜːˈtʌli.ən/
(US) IPA^(key): /təɹˈtʌli.ən/

Proper noun

Tertullian

A Roman cognomen, in particular borne by the Christian theologian Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus from Carthage.

Translations

Roman cognomen

Armenian: Տերտուղիանոս (Tertuġianos)
French: Tertullien (fr) m
Latin: Tertullianus
Russian: Тертуллиан (Tertullian)

Adjective

Tertullian (not comparable)

Of, relating to, or in the style or manner of Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus from Carthage.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 604:
  And so the Malay C.P.O. listened, with a Tertullian willingness to believe, to the white men's stories.

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