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τρίτος [ῐ],
Aeolic dialect τέρτος (see. τέρτα) η, ον, (τρεῖς) third, τοῖσι δ᾽ ἐπὶ τρίτος ἦλθε Refs 8th c.BC+; τρίτος αὐτός himself the third, i. e. with two others (see. αὐτός Refstwo drachmae and a half, Refs 4th c.BC+; compare ἡμιτάλαντο; τ. γενέσθαι to be third in a race, Refs 5th c.BC+:—the third frequently appears as completing the tale, e.g. the third and last libation was offered to Ζεὺς Σωτήρ, Διὸς σωτηρίου σπονδὴ τρίτου κρατῆρος Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, Κράτος τε καὶ Δίκη σὺν τῷ τρίτῳ.. Ζηνί Refs 4th c.BC+; τρίτην ἐπενδίδωμι (i.e. πληγήν) the third and finishing stroke, Refs; Ἐρινὺς.. αἷμα πίεται, τρίτην πόσιν, i. e. the blood of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, the first being that of the children of Thyestes, the second that of Agamemnon, Refs
II τρίτη, with or without ἡμέρα, the day after tomorrow, ἐς τρίτην ἡμέραν Refs 5th c.BC+; but ἐχθὲς καὶ τ. ἡμέραν yesterday and the day before, Refs — διὰ τρίτης two days later, Refs 4th c.BC+; but, every other day, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 with other Nouns omitted, ἡ τ. (i.e. χορδή) the third string in the heptachord, ={ἡ παραμέση}, Refs 4th c.BC+ —ἡ τ. (i.e. πληγή) the third blow, see above 1:—ἡ τ. (i.e. μερίς) the third part of a coin or weight, Refs 3rd c.BC+; third of a stater, Refs 3rd c.BC+
III τρίτον as adverb, thirdly, Refs 5th c.BC+; a third time, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρῶτον μὲν.., δεύτερον δὲ.., τ. δὲ.. Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦτο τ. this third time, LXX+NT+8th c.BC+in the third place, Refs 5th c.BC+ (but = the third time, NT+5th c.BC+:—regular adverb τρίτως in the third degree, Refs
III.2 τρίτον thrice, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV τὸ τ. μέρος LXX+5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ τῷ τ. at the third signal, Refs 5th c.BC+
V τρίτα, τά,
V.1 (i.e. ἱερά) a sacrifice offered the third day after the funeral, Refs 5th c.BC+
V.2 τὰ τρίτα λέγειν τινί play the third part (like τριταγωνιστεῖν τινι), Refs 4th c.BC+
V.3 πρῶτα δραμεῖν καὶ δεύτερα καὶ τ. win.. third place in the race, Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Sanskrit trlīyas, Latin terlius, etc.)

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.