τριακάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. and Ion. [[τριηκάς]], άδος, ἡ, ([[τρεῖς]], [[τρία]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[the number thirty]], ἐς τριακάδας δέκα ναῶν A.''Pers.''339.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[the thirtieth day of the month]]. Hes.''Op.''766, ''IG''12.845.2, 7.2712.69 (Acraeph.), ''PCair.Zen.''150.8 (iii B. C.), Dsc.''Eup.''1.146, ''Hippiatr.''97; <b class="b3">τ. ἡ πικρή</b> (when school fees were due) Herod.3.9; first used by Thales, acc. to D.L.1.24. At Athens the [[τριακάδες]] were dedicated to the memory of the dead, Harp., Poll.1.66, etc.; offerings were made to Hecate, Ath.7.325a, etc.; ἡ τῶν τ. ἀνιέρωσις ''Tab.Defix.''99.12; ἐπαρᾶσθαι ταῖς τριακάσιν ''SIG''286.13 (Milet., iv B. C.); of a festival in the cult of Zeus Panamaros, ib.900.36 (iv A. D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> a [[month]], containing 30 days, Luc.''Luct.''16, ''Rh.Pr.''9.<br><span class="bld">III</span> at Athens, [[a religious association of thirty persons]], [[fraction of the deme]], IG22.1214.18, cf. Poll.8.111.<br><span class="bld">2</span> at Sparta, either = 30 families (''1''/10 of an oba), or = 10 families (''1''/30 of an oba), or simply a [[company]] of [[thirty]], Hdt. 1.65.