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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

  • ἐν μὲν γὰρ ἁρμονίᾳ τὸ διὰ πασῶν ἔκ τε τοῦ διὰ πέντε σύγκειται καὶ τοῦ διὰ τεσσάρων, ἐν δ’ ἀριθμοῖσ τὸ διπλάσιον ἔκ τε τοῦ ἡμιολίου καὶ τοῦ ἐπιτρίτου· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 17 10:2)
  • σύνθετοσ οὖν ὁ τοῦ διπλασίου λόγοσ ἐστὶν ἐκ τοῦ ἡμιολίου καὶ τοῦ ἐπιτρίτου, καθάπερ ὁ τοῦ διὰ πασῶν ἐκ τοῦ διὰ πέντε καὶ τοῦ διὰ τεσσάρων ἀλλὰ κἀκεῖ τὸ διὰ πέντε τοῦ διὰ τεσσάρων τόνῳ κἀνταῦθα τὸ ἡμιόλιον τοῦ ἐπιτρίτου τῷ ἐπογδόῳ μεῖζόν ἐστι. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 17 12:1)
  • τὸ γὰρ ἡμιόλιον, τοῦ ἐπιτρίτου τῷ ἐπογδόῳ τῷ ἐπιτρίτῳ προστιθεμένου, συμπληροῦσθαι καὶ τὸ ἡμιόλιον. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 19 6:1)

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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