τρισσός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τρισσή, τρισσόν; Att. [[τριττός]] Pl.''Lg.''782d, etc.; Ion. [[τριξός]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]): ([[τρίς]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[threefold]], [[triune]] Hes.''Fr.''191, E.''Fr.''285.3, etc.; <b class="b3">τρισσὸν ζεῦγος τρισσῶν</b> (sed leg. [[τριῶν]]) θεῶν Id.''Tr.''924; πρᾶσις τ. γραφεῖσα ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1208.24 (iii A. D.):—Adv. [[τρισσῶς]] [[Theophrastus]] ap. D.H.''Lys.''14, [[LXX]] ''Pr.''22.20, al., ''AP'' 12.123.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in plural, = [[τρεῖς]], Pi.''P.''8.80, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''164 (lyr.), ''OC''479, E.''Hec.''645 (lyr.), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 504a.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[τρίτος]], ''IG''12(2).129.8 (Mytil.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[τρισσοί]], = [[shields]], misrendering of Hebr. [[šelātî]] through confusion with [[šālōš]] 'three', [[LXX]] ''4 Ki.''11.10.<br><span class="bld">V</span> literal rendering of Hebr. [[šālīš]] 'measure containing third part (of unknown unit)', Aq.''Is.''40.12.