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τριταῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τριταῖος τριταῖη τριταῖον

Structure: τριται (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tri/tos

Sense

  1. on the third day, three days before, three days, a tertian fever
  2. lasting three days

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative τριταῖος τριταίᾱ τριταῖον
Genitive τριταίου τριταίᾱς τριταίου
Dative τριταίῳ τριταίᾱͅ τριταίῳ
Accusative τριταῖον τριταίᾱν τριταῖον
Vocative τριταῖε τριταίᾱ τριταῖον
DualN/A/V τριταίω τριταίᾱ τριταίω
G/D τριταίοιν τριταίαιν τριταίοιν
PluralNominative τριταῖοι τριταῖαι τριταῖα
Genitive τριταίων τριταιῶν τριταίων
Dative τριταίοις τριταίαις τριταίοις
Accusative τριταίους τριταίᾱς τριταῖα
Vocative τριταῖοι τριταῖαι τριταῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective τριταῖος τριταίου τριταιώτερος τριταιωτέρου τριταιώτατος τριταιωτάτου
Adverb τριταίως τριταιώτερον τριταιώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Αἱ δὲ κυνάγχαι δεινόταται μέν εἰσι, καὶ τάχιστα ἀναιρέουσιν, ὁκόσαι μήτε ἐν τῇ φάρυγγι μηδὲν ἔκδηλον ποιέουσι, μήτε ἐν τῷ αὐχένι, πλεῖστον δὲ πόνον παρέχουσι καὶ ὀρθόπνοιαν‧ αὗται γὰρ καὶ αὐθημερὸν ἀποπνίγουσι, καὶ δευτεραῖαι, καὶ τριταῖαι, καὶ τεταρταῖαι. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., PROGNWSTIKON, 23.2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐπεὰν τριταῖαι ἢ τεταρταῖαι γένωνται, οὕτω παραδιδοῦσι τοῖσι ταριχεύουσι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 89 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. lasting three days

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

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