τριττύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ύος, ἡ (written τριτύς in Tim.<span class="title">Lex.</span>, Hsch.), Att. acc. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> τριττῦς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>21.3</span>, cf. Harp.:—<b class="b2">the number three</b>, Hsch., Phot.:— <b class="b3">νικᾶν τριττύν</b> win <b class="b2">three victories</b>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Gym.</span>33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">sacrifice of three animals</b>, used specially on making solemn oaths,—boar, goat, and ram, Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>820</span>; bull, boar, and ram, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>403</span>; bull, goat, and boar, <span class="bibl">Ister 34</span>; two sheep and an ox, <span class="bibl">Epich.187</span> (v. <b class="b3">τριττύα</b>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> at Athens, <b class="b2">a third of the</b> <b class="b3">φυλή</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.190.7, 884, al., <span class="bibl">D.14.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>21.3</span>: in form τριπτύς, <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).594 (Ceos, iv B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">third part of the</b> <b class="b3">πρυτάνεις</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Ath.</span>44.1</span>.</span>