- Original: Τέρτυλλος - Transliteration: Tertullos - Phonetic: ter'-tool-los - Definition: Tertullus = triple-hardened 1. a Roman orator - Origin: of uncertain derivation - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Of uncertain derivation; Tertullus a Roman: - Tertullus. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • Tertullus, 2 Act 24:1; Act 24:2