τρίγλῠφος,ον,
A. thrice-cloven,
αἰχμὴ τ. the trident,
Opp. H. 5.377
.
II. asSubst.,τρίγλυφος,ἡ, in Doric architecture,the triglyph, a three-grooved tabletplaced at equal distances along the frieze; it seems orig. to have been the end of the beam (the spaces between being at first open and then calledὀπαί,afterwards filled up and calledμετόπαι) , παστάδων ὑπὲρ τέραμνα Δωρικάς τε τριγλύφους
E. Or. 1372
(lyr.); πασσαλεῦσαι κρᾶτα τριγλύφοις
Id. Ba. 1214
;γεῖσα τριγλύφων(cj. Blomf. forγ' ἔσω) the cornice of (i. e. above)the triglyphs,
Id. IT 113 ; σὺν τῇ τ.
IG 22.1668.30
; τριγλύφων γωνιηιᾶν
SIG 247 ii61
(Delph.,iv B. C.):—pl.τρίγλυφα,τά,