τρῐτ-αῖος, α, ον,
on the third day, used with Verbs so as to agree with the subject, τριταῖοι ἐγένοντο ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.120, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.36, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.61, 3.3, etc.; τ. ἄνεμος ] Refs 5th c.BC+]which will blow in three days, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.17; τριταίαν καρύσσουσιν θυσίαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 171 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ἐκφορά a funeral three days after death, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 959a; ἐσβεβληκὼς.. τ. ἐς Μηλιέας ] Refs 5th c.BC+]three days before, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.196, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.33.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II three days old, ἰχθύδια τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 387.9; ᾠὰ τ. ὄντα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 665a35; φίλος τ. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]of three days' standing, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.18 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐπεὰν τ. γένωνται after being three days dead, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.89. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 τριταῖος (i.e. πυρετός), ὁ, tertian fever or ague, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 3.21, “Nat.Hom.” 15, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 86a; ὁ ἀκριβὴς τ. 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).246; οἱ τ. πυρετοί [prev. author] 15.755; τ. ῥῖγος “POxy.” 1151.37 (5th c.AD). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III of days, third, τ. φέγγος, ἡμέρα, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 32, “Hipp.” 275; ἐς τὴν τριταίην 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 225. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]