τρῐετ-ηρίς(sc.ἑορτή),ίδος,ἡ,
A. triennial festival,i. e.celebrated every third year(inclusively),= in alternate years,
Pi. N. 6.40 , IG 22.1672.258 , 262 , OGI 51.27 (Egypt,iii B. C.), 299.17 , 331.8 (both Pergam.,ii B. C.), IG 12(1).730.15 (Camirus,ii/i B. C.): pl., Hdt. 4.108 , E. Ba. 133 (lyr.), Pl. Lg. 834e ; in full, τ. θυσίαι
D.S. 4.3
; τ. ἑορταί
Artem. 4.39
.
2. (sc.περίοδος)cycleorperiod of three (two) years,
h.Hom. 1.11 , Arist. Pol. 1308b1 , IG 12(1).155.50 (Rhodes,ii B. C.), PGrenf. 2.69.22
(iii A. D.): so τ. ὧραι
Orph. H. 54.3
.
3.
γυναῖκες τ. celebrating the triennial festival,
Opp. C. 4.235