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|Definition=[ῐ], Aeol. [[τέρτος]] (v. [[τέρτα]]) η, ον, ([[τρεῖς]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[third]], τοῖσι δ' ἐπὶ τρίτος ἦλθε Od.20.185, cf. 14.471; <b class="b3">τρίτος αὐτός</b> himself [[the third]], i.e. [[with two others]] (v. [[αὐτός]] 1.6) τ. ἡμίδραχμον [[two drachmae and a half]], Din.''Fr.''8.4; cf. <b class="b3">ἡμιτάλαντον; τ. γενέσθαι</b> to be [[third]] in a race, Isoc.16.34, cf. Plu.''Alc.''11:—[[the third]] freq. appears as [[completing the tale]], e.g. [[the third and last]] libation was offered to Ζεὺς Σωτήρ, Διὸς σωτηρίου σπονδὴ τρίτου κρατῆρος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''425, cf. A.''Fr.''55; ἔγχει κἀπιβόα τρίτον παιῶν', ὡς νόμος ἐστίν Pherecr.131.5 (cf. [[τριτόσπονδος]]): metaph., Κράτος τε καὶ Δίκη σὺν τῷ τρίτῳ.. Ζηνί A.''Ch.''244, cf. ''Eu.'' 759, ''Supp.''26 (anap.); <b class="b3">τρίτην ἐπενδίδωμι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[πληγήν]]) [[the third and finishing]] stroke, Id.''Ag.''1386; <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, Id.''Ch.''578, cf. 1066 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[τρίτη]], with or without [[ἡμέρα]], [[the day after tomorrow]], ἐς τρίτην ἡμέραν Ar.''Lys.''612; εἰς τρίτην Anaxandr.4; τῇ τρίτῃ X.''HG''3.1.17, etc.; τρίτῃ καὶ τετάρτῃ Id.''An.''4.8.21, etc.; but <b class="b3">ἐχθὲς καὶ τ. ἡμέραν</b> yesterday and [[the day before]], Id.''Cyr.''6.3.11:—διὰ τρίτης [[two days later]], Arist.''Fr.''368; but, [[every other day]], Hp.''Fract.'' 48, Gal.6.354.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with other Nouns omitted, <b class="b3">ἡ τ.</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[χορδή]]) [[the third string]] in the heptachord, = [[ἡ παραμέση]], Arist.''Pr.''920a16, Plu.2.1137b:—<b class="b3">ἡ τ.</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[πληγή]]) [[the third blow]], v. supr. 1:—<b class="b3">ἡ τ.</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[μερίς]]) [[the third part]] of a coin or weight, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ἕκτη]], Phot. post Τριτοπάτορες; ἐγένετο ὁ μέδιμνος χρυσοῦ καὶ δύο τριτῶν ''IPE''12.32A63 (Olbia, iii B. C.); [[third of a stater]], Herod.2.64.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[τρίτον]] as adverb, [[thirdly]], S.''Ant.''55, ''Fr.''380; [[a third time]], E.''Hel.''1417, Aristid.2.182 J.; <b class="b3">πρῶτον μὲν... δεύτερον δὲ... τ. δὲ</b>.. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 358c; <b class="b3">τοῦτο τ.</b> this [[third time]], [[LXX]] ''Nu.''22.32, ''Ev.Jo.''21.14:—in Hom. always <b class="b3">τὸ τρίτον</b>, Il.3.225, 6.186, al., cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.55, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''997, Th.6.5, etc.:—also ἐκ τρίτου [[in the third place]], Pl.''Ti.''54a (but = [[the third time]], Ev.Matt. 26.44, Dsc. 5.32); ἐκ τρίτων [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1178, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 500a:—regul. Adv. [[τρίτως]] [[in the third degree]], Id.''Ti.''56b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> τρίτον [[thrice]], Syrian.''in Metaph.'' 134.15, ''Gp.''2.39.7, al., Sch.Pi.''O.''2.123; Elean ἐν τρίτον ''Schwyzer'' 412.4.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> τὸ τ. μέρος Isoc.12.177, etc.; τὸ τ. Luc.''Tox.''46; τὸ τ. τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ Str.7.7.4, cf. [[LXX]] ''Nu.''15.6; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῷ τ.</b> at [[the third]] signal, X.''An.''2.2.4.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[τρίτα]], τά,<br><span class="bld">1</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἱερά]]) [[a sacrifice offered the third day after the funeral]], Ar.''Lys.''613, Is.2.37, Poll.8.146.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τὰ τρίτα λέγειν τινί</b> play [[the third part]] (like <b class="b3">τριταγωνιστεῖν τινι</b>), D.19.246, cf. Men.223.17.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">πρῶτα δραμεῖν καὶ δεύτερα καὶ τ.</b> win.. [[third place]] in the race, E.''Epigr.''3 ([[τρίτατα]] cj. Bgk.). (Cf. Skt. trlīyas, Lat. [[terlius]], etc.)