Meanings
plural tricenarians
- The highest rank and pay grade for prefectures in Ancient Rome.
In the honorific inscription CIL to his son-in-law he is described as vir perfectissimae memoriae, and thus must have risen to tricenarian rank.
2008, Jörg Rüpke, David Richardson, Fasti Sacerdotum: A Prosopography of Pagan, Jewish, and Christian Religious Officials in the City of Rome, 300 BC to AD 4992 more examples
Following the reign of Scptimius Severus (193-211), the emperor's patrimonium, his personal properties, was merged with a new department, the ratio privata (private accounts) headed by the magister rationis summae privatae at the tricenarian level.
1983, The Journal of Library History - Volume 18, page 154At first there were three pay levels: sexagenarian (sixty thousand sesterces), centernarian (one hundred thousand sesterces), and duocenarian (two hundred thousand sesterces). At the end of the second century a fourth level was added, tricenarian (three hundred thousand sesterces). The procurators never went higher than duocenarian; the directors of imperial offices, originally at the duocenarian level, were raised to tricenarian.
2010, Michael Gagarin, Elaine Fantham, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, →ISBN, page 101 - A person in their thirties, a person aged between 30 and 39 years (inclusive).
« I sure hope so » agreed the tricenarian, « it would be a real shame to have been on this island without having really seen its treasures » he observed, his attitude revealing that he actually expected the unsatisfactory outcome.
2011, 2206 : Window Onto A New World, page 2032 more examples
(see title) Celebrate 30 to 39 years old and show your love for the best dad, daddy, mom, mother, stepdad, papa, stepmom, uncle, aunt godmother or godfather ever with this themed Thirty 3Oth Gifts Tricenarian birthday notebook planner.
2019, Elderberry's Outlet, Warning Official Tricenarian, →ISBNIt was that sentiment that attracted freshly minted thirty-year-old Pia Dickenson. Seventeen divorces in such a milestone year had left the blonde-haired and rosy-cheeked tricenarian with ample emotional baggage, along with a discontent toward her use of her youthful years spelled out in scarlet letters.
2019, Logan Hunder, Astro-Nuts, →ISBNSynonyms: thirtysomething
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person in their thirties, a person aged between 30 and 39 years (inclusive).
Origin
- Latintrīcēnārius
- Englishtricenarian
From Latin trīcēnārius, equivalent to tricenary + -an.
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Czech třicátník, třicátnice
- třicátníka person between age thirty and thirty-nine
- třicátnicea person between age thirty and thirty-nine
Finnish kolmekymppinen
- kolmekymppinena person between age thirty and thirty-nine
French trentenaire
- trentenairea person between age thirty and thirty-nine
German jemand in den Dreißigern, Dreißiger
- jemand in den Dreißigerna person between age thirty and thirty-nine
- Dreißigera person between age thirty and thirty-nine
Hungarian harmincas (éveiben járó), harmincvalahány éves
- harmincas (éveiben járó)a person between age thirty and thirty-nine
- harmincvalahány évesa person between age thirty and thirty-nine
- harmincadik születésnapját betöltötta person between age thirty and thirty-nine
Polish trzydziestolatek, trzydziestolatka
- trzydziestolateka person between age thirty and thirty-nine
- trzydziestolatkaa person between age thirty and thirty-nine
Portuguese balzaquiana
- balzaquianaa person between age thirty and thirty-nine
Spanish treintañero, treintañera
- treintañeroa person between age thirty and thirty-nine
- treintañeraa person between age thirty and thirty-nine
- treintóna person between age thirty and thirty-nine
Tagalog tatlumpuin
- tatlumpuina person between age thirty and thirty-nine
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Cite this entry
tricenarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricenarian
“tricenarian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tricenarian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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