trietericus

Latin

Adjective

trietericus (feminine trieterica, neuter trietericum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of three years
2. biennial; i.e., according to Roman timekeeping, inclusive of the years before and after
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.301–303:

     [...] quālīs commōtīs excitā sacrīs
     Thȳias, ubi audītō stimulant trietērica Bacchō
     orgia, nocturnusque vocat clāmōre Cithaerōn.

     [...] excited by the sorts of sacred objects shaken by Thyia, [as] when [such sounds are] heard they incite Bacchus’ biannual orgies, and Mount Cythaeron harkens with cries in the night.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	trietericus	trieterica	trietericum		trietericī	trietericae	trieterica
genitive	trietericī	trietericae	trietericī		trietericōrum	trietericārum	trietericōrum
dative	trietericō	trietericae	trietericō		trietericīs
accusative	trietericum	trietericam	trietericum		trietericōs	trietericās	trieterica
ablative	trietericō	trietericā	trietericō		trietericīs
vocative	trieterice	trieterica	trietericum		trietericī	trietericae	trieterica

References

“trietericus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “trietericus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers