τριταῖος

τρῐτ-αῖος, α, ον,

A on the third day, used with Verbs so as to agree with the subject,

τριταῖοι ἐγένοντο ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ Hdt.6.120

, cf. Hp.Aph.4.36, Th.1.61, 3.3, etc.;

τ. ἄνεμος

which will blow in three days,

Pi.N.7.17

;

τριταίαν καρύσσουσιν θυσίαν E.El.171

(lyr.); τ. ἐκφορά a funeral three days after death, Pl.Lg.959a;

ἐσβεβληκὼς . . τ. ἐς Μηλιέας

three days before,

Hdt.7.196

, cf. Plb.15.33.11.

II three days old,

ἰχθύδια τ. Ar.Fr.387.9

;

ᾠὰ τ. ὄντα Arist.PA665a35

;

φίλος τ.

of three days' standing,

Theoc.29.18

; ἐπεὰν τ. γένωνται after being three days dead, Hdt.2.89.

2 τριταῖος (sc. πυρετός), ὁ, tertian fever or ague, Hp.Aph.3.21, Nat.Hom.15, Pl.Ti.86a;

ὁ ἀκριβὴς τ. Gal.18(2).246

;

οἱ τ. πυρετοί Id.15.755

;

τ. ῥῖγος POxy.1151.37

(v A. D.).

III of days, third, τ. φέγγος, ἡμέρα, E.Hec.32, Hipp.275;

ἐς τὴν τριταίην Hp.Coac.225

.