trifarius
From LSJ
εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor
εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor
trĭfārĭus: a, um, adj. τριφάσιος,
I of three sorts or ways, threefold, triple (postclass.): causa morborum omnium, App. Mag. p. 305, 38: genus, Sol. 27: linguae, Cassiod. Var. 5, 40 med.: vestigia numerorum in corporibus trifaria, Claud. Mam. Stat. An. 3.
