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ἐπίτριτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίτριτος ἐπίτριτον

Structure: ἐπιτριτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. one and a third
  2. a loan of which 1/3 is paid as interest, p. cent.

Examples

  • τὰ μὲν οὖν ἓξ καὶ ὀκτὼ τὸν ἐπίτριτον ἔχει; (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 12 8:1)
  • ἐλήφθη διὰ τῶν ὀργάνων θεωρηθέν, ὅτι τὸ μὲν διὰ πασῶν τὸν διπλάσιον λόγον ἔχει, τὸ δὲ διὰ πέντε τὸν ἡμιόλιον, τὸ δὲ διὰ τεσσάρων τὸν ἐπίτριτον, ὁ δὲ τόνοσ τὸν ἐπόγδοον. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 17 4:2)
  • καὶ τρία πρὸσ δύο ληφθέντα μήκη καὶ βάρη τὸ διὰ πέντε ποιήσει καὶ τέσσαρα πρὸσ τρία τὸ διὰ τεσσάρων, ὧν τοῦτο μὲν ἐπίτριτον ἔχει λόγον ἐκεῖνο δ’ ἡμιόλιον. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 17 7:1)
  • φαίνεται τοίνυν, ὅτι τὸ διὰ πασῶν τὸν διπλάσιον λόγον ἔχει καὶ τὸ διὰ πέντε τὸν ἡμιόλιον καὶ τὸ διὰ τεσσάρων τὸν ἐπίτριτον καὶ ὁ τόνοσ τὸν ἐπόγδοον. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 17 13:1)
  • εἰλήφθω γὰρ τὸ διὰ τεσσάρων ἐν ἀριθμοῖσ δυσὶ τὸν ἐπίτριτον λόγον περιέχουσι, τοῖσ σνσ’ καὶ τοῖσ ἑκατὸν ἐνενήκοντα δύο· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 18 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. one and a third

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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