τριέτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τριέτες, or [[τριετής]], ές, ([[ἔτος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> of or for [[three years]], τριέτεα χρόνον Hdt.1.199; τ. φορά ''IG''42(1).121.9 (Epid., iv B. C.); πλέον ἢ τ. ἐγένευ φίλος Theoc.29.17, cf. ''BCH''48.518 (Palestine); τ. προθεσμία Pl.''Lg.''954d (in 793d <b class="b3">τρι' ἔτη</b> is restored by Bekker): [[τρίετες]] as adverb, [[for three years]], Od.2.106, 13.377.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[three years old]], ἵππος Arist.''HA''545b13; παιδίον Artem. 4.39: [[τρίετες]], τό, the [[age]] of [[three]] [[year]]s, ἀπὸ τριέτους μέχρι τῶν ἓξ ἐτῶν Pl.''Lg.''794a, cf. Arist.''HA''545b3:—fem. [[τριέτις]], ''Supp.Epigr.''6.125 (Cotiaeum).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[recurring every three years]], [[κῶμος]] Orph.''H.''53.5.