τριετηρίς
κρειττότερον ἐστὶν εἰδέναι ἐν μέσῃ τῇ Πόλει φακιόλιον βασιλεῦον Τούρκου, ἢ καλύπτραν λατινικήν → I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City than the Latin mitre
English (LSJ)
(sc. ἑορτή), ίδος, ἡ,
A triennial festival, i. e. celebrated every third year (inclusively), = in alternate years, Pi.N.6.40, IG22.1672.258,262, OGI51.27 (Egypt, iii B. C.), 299.17, 331.8 (both Pergam., ii B. C.), IG12(1).730.15 (Camirus, ii/i B. C.): pl., Hdt.4.108, E.Ba.133 (lyr.), Pl.Lg.834e; in full, τ. θυσίαι D.S.4.3; τ. ἑορταί Artem.4.39. 2 (sc. περίοδος) cycle or period of three (two) years, h.Hom.1.11, Arist.Pol.1308b1, IG12(1).155.50 (Rhodes, ii B. C.), PGrenf.2.69.22 (iii A. D.): so τ. ὧραι Orph.H.54.3. 3 γυναῖκες τ. celebrating the triennial festival, Opp.C.4.235.
