τρίτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">[ῐ</b>], Aeol. τέρτος (v. <b class="b3">τέρτα</b>) η, ον, (τρεῖς) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[third]], τοῖσι δ' ἐπὶ τρίτος ἦλθε <span class="bibl">Od.20.185</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">14.471</span>; <b class="b3">τρίτος αὐτός</b> himself <b class="b2">the third</b>, i. e. <b class="b2">with two others</b> (v. αὐτός <span class="bibl">1.6</span>) τ. ἡμίδραχμον [[two drachmae and a half]], <span class="bibl">Din.<span class="title">Fr.</span>8.4</span>; cf. <b class="b3">ἡμιτάλαντον; τ. γενέσθαι</b> to be [[third]] in a race, <span class="bibl">Isoc.16.34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>11</span>:—<b class="b2">the third</b> freq. appears as <b class="b2">completing the tale</b>, e.g. <b class="b2">the third and last</b> libation was offered to Ζεὺς Σωτήρ, Διὸς σωτηρίου σπονδὴ τρίτου κρατῆρος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>425</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>55</span>; ἔγχει κἀπιβόα τρίτον παιῶν', ὡς νόμος ἐστίν <span class="bibl">Pherecr.131.5</span> (cf. [[τριτόσπονδος]]): metaph., Κράτος τε καὶ Δίκη σὺν τῷ τρίτῳ . . Ζηνί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>244</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span> 759</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>26</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">τρίτην ἐπενδίδωμι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">πληγήν</b>) <b class="b2">the third and finishing</b> stroke, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1386</span>; <b class="b3">Ἐρινὺς . . αἷμα πίεται, τρίτην πόσιν</b>, i. e. the blood of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, the first being that of the children of Thyestes, the second that of Agamemnon, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>578</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1066</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">τρίτη</b>, with or without <b class="b3">ἡμέρα</b>, <b class="b2">the day after tomorrow</b>, ἐς τρίτην ἡμέραν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>612</span>; εἰς τρίτην <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.4</span>; τῇ τρίτῃ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.1.17</span>, etc.; τρίτῃ καὶ τετάρτῃ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>4.8.21</span>, etc.; but <b class="b3">ἐχθὲς καὶ τ. ἡμέραν</b> yesterday and <b class="b2">the day before</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.11</span>:—διὰ τρίτης <b class="b2">two days later</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>368</span>; but, <b class="b2">every other day</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span> 48</span>, Gal.6.354. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> with other Nouns omitted, <b class="b3">ἡ τ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">χορδή</b>) <b class="b2">the third string</b> in the heptachord, = [[ἡ παραμέση]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>920a16</span>, Plu.2.1137b:—<b class="b3">ἡ τ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">πληγή</b>) <b class="b2">the third blow</b>, v. supr. 1:—<b class="b3">ἡ τ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">μερίς</b>) <b class="b2">the third part</b> of a coin or weight, Hsch. s.v. [[ἕκτη]], Phot. post Τριτοπάτορες; ἐγένετο ὁ μέδιμνος χρυσοῦ καὶ δύο τριτῶν <span class="title">IPE</span>12.32<span class="hiitalic">A</span>63 (Olbia, iii B. C.); <b class="b2">third of a stater</b>, <span class="bibl">Herod.2.64</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">τρίτον</b> as Adv., [[thirdly]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>55</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>380</span>; <b class="b2">a third time</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1417</span>, Aristid.2.182 J.; <b class="b3">πρῶτον μὲν... δεύτερον δὲ... τ. δὲ</b> . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>358c</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦτο τ</b>. this <b class="b2">third time</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Nu.</span>22.32</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>21.14</span>:—in Hom. always <b class="b3">τὸ τρίτον</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.3.225</span>, <span class="bibl">6.186</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.55</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>997</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.5</span>, etc.:—also ἐκ τρίτου <b class="b2">in the third place</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>54a</span> (but = <b class="b2">the third time</b>, Ev.Matt. 26.44, Dsc. 5.32); ἐκ τρίτων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1178</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>500a</span>:—regul. Adv. τρίτως <b class="b2">in the third degree</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>56b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> τρίτον [[thrice]], <span class="bibl">Syrian.<span class="title">in Metaph.</span> 134.15</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>2.39.7, al., Sch.<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.123</span>; Elean ἐν τρίτον <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 412.4. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> τὸ τ. μέρος <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.177</span>, etc.; τὸ τ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tox.</span>46</span>; τὸ τ. τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ <span class="bibl">Str.7.7.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Nu.</span>15.6</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῷ τ</b>. at <b class="b2">the third</b> signal, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">τρίτα, τά,</b> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> (sc. <b class="b3">ἱερά</b>) [[a sacrifice offered the third day after the funeral]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>613</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.2.37</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.8.146</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τὰ τρίτα λέγειν τινί</b> play <b class="b2">the third part</b> (like <b class="b3">τριταγωνιστεῖν τινι</b>), <span class="bibl">D.19.246</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.223.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">πρῶτα δραμεῖν καὶ δεύτερα καὶ τ</b>. win . . <b class="b2">third place</b> in the race, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>3</span> (<b class="b3">τρίτατα</b> cj. Bgk.). (Cf. Skt. [[trlīyas]], Lat. [[terlius]], etc.)</span>