τριταῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρίτος (trítos) +‎ -αῖος (-aîos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tri.tâi̯.os/ → /triˈtɛ.os/ → /triˈte.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tri.tâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /triˈtɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /triˈtɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /triˈte.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /triˈte.os/

Adjective

τρῐταῖος • (tritaîos) m (feminine τρῐταίᾱ, neuter τρῐταῖον); first/second declension

1. on the third day
2. (medicine) tertian
3. lasting three days
4. Synonym of τρίτος (trítos, “third”)

Declension

First and second declension of τρῐταῖος; τρῐταίᾱ; τρῐταῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τρῐταῖος tritaîos	τρῐταίᾱ tritaíā	τρῐταῖον tritaîon		τρῐταίω tritaíō	τρῐταίᾱ tritaíā	τρῐταίω tritaíō		τρῐταῖοι tritaîoi	τρῐταῖαι tritaîai	τρῐταῖᾰ tritaîa
Genitive		τρῐταίου tritaíou	τρῐταίᾱς tritaíās	τρῐταίου tritaíou		τρῐταίοιν tritaíoin	τρῐταίαιν tritaíain	τρῐταίοιν tritaíoin		τρῐταίων tritaíōn	τρῐταίων tritaíōn	τρῐταίων tritaíōn
Dative		τρῐταίῳ tritaíōi	τρῐταίᾳ tritaíāi	τρῐταίῳ tritaíōi		τρῐταίοιν tritaíoin	τρῐταίαιν tritaíain	τρῐταίοιν tritaíoin		τρῐταίοις tritaíois	τρῐταίαις tritaíais	τρῐταίοις tritaíois
Accusative		τρῐταῖον tritaîon	τρῐταίᾱν tritaíān	τρῐταῖον tritaîon		τρῐταίω tritaíō	τρῐταίᾱ tritaíā	τρῐταίω tritaíō		τρῐταίους tritaíous	τρῐταίᾱς tritaíās	τρῐταῖᾰ tritaîa
Vocative		τρῐταῖε tritaîe	τρῐταίᾱ tritaíā	τρῐταῖον tritaîon		τρῐταίω tritaíō	τρῐταίᾱ tritaíā	τρῐταίω tritaíō		τρῐταῖοι tritaîoi	τρῐταῖαι tritaîai	τρῐταῖᾰ tritaîa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τρῐταίως tritaíōs				τρῐταιότερος tritaióteros				τρῐταιότᾰτος tritaiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τριταιογενής (tritaiogenḗs)
• τριταιοφυής (tritaiophuḗs)

Further reading

• τριταῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “τριταῖος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “τριταῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τριταῖος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • tertian idem, page 863.
  • third idem, page 867.