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 • (trĭtaîos) 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 trĭtaîos	τρῐταίᾱ trĭtaíā	τρῐταῖον trĭtaîon		τρῐταίω trĭtaíō	τρῐταίᾱ trĭtaíā	τρῐταίω trĭtaíō		τρῐταῖοι trĭtaîoi	τρῐταῖαι trĭtaîai	τρῐταῖᾰ trĭtaîă
Genitive		τρῐταίου trĭtaíou	τρῐταίᾱς trĭtaíās	τρῐταίου trĭtaíou		τρῐταίοιν trĭtaíoin	τρῐταίαιν trĭtaíain	τρῐταίοιν trĭtaíoin		τρῐταίων trĭtaíōn	τρῐταίων trĭtaíōn	τρῐταίων trĭtaíōn
Dative		τρῐταίῳ trĭtaíōi	τρῐταίᾳ trĭtaíāi	τρῐταίῳ trĭtaíōi		τρῐταίοιν trĭtaíoin	τρῐταίαιν trĭtaíain	τρῐταίοιν trĭtaíoin		τρῐταίοις trĭtaíois	τρῐταίαις trĭtaíais	τρῐταίοις trĭtaíois
Accusative		τρῐταῖον trĭtaîon	τρῐταίᾱν trĭtaíān	τρῐταῖον trĭtaîon		τρῐταίω trĭtaíō	τρῐταίᾱ trĭtaíā	τρῐταίω trĭtaíō		τρῐταίους trĭtaíous	τρῐταίᾱς trĭtaíās	τρῐταῖᾰ trĭtaîă
Vocative		τρῐταῖε trĭtaîe	τρῐταίᾱ trĭtaíā	τρῐταῖον trĭtaîon		τρῐταίω trĭtaíō	τρῐταίᾱ trĭtaíā	τρῐταίω trĭtaíō		τρῐταῖοι trĭtaîoi	τρῐταῖαι trĭtaîai	τρῐταῖᾰ trĭtaîă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τρῐταίως trĭtaíōs				τρῐταιότερος trĭtaióteros				τρῐταιότᾰτος trĭtaiótătos
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.