τριέτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ες, or τριετής, ές, (ἔτος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">of</b> or <b class="b2">for three years</b>, τριέτεα χρόνον <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.199</span>; τ. φορά <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).121.9 (Epid., iv B. C.); πλέον ἢ τ. ἐγένευ φίλος <span class="bibl">Theoc.29.17</span>, cf. <span class="title">BCH</span>48.518 (Palestine); τ. προθεσμία <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>954d</span> (in <span class="bibl">793d</span> <b class="b3">τρι' ἔτη</b> is restored by Bekker): <b class="b3">τρίετες</b> as Adv., <b class="b2">for three years</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.106</span>, <span class="bibl">13.377</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">three years old</b>, ἵππος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>545b13</span>; παιδίον <span class="bibl">Artem. 4.39</span>: <b class="b3">τρίετες, τό,</b> <b class="b2">the age of three years</b>, ἀπὸ τριέτους μέχρι τῶν ἓξ ἐτῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>794a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>545b3</span>:—fem. τρῐετ-έτις, <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>6.125 (Cotiaeum). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">recurring every three years</b>, κῶμος <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">H.</span>53.5</span>.</span>