τρίτος

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : τρεῖς (treîs)     Ordinal : τρίτος (trítos)     Adverbial : τριάκις (triákis)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós ~ *tritós, thus an inherited ordinal to τρεῖς (treîs, “three”), as if formed with Proto-Indo-European *-tós.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trí.tos/ → /ˈtri.tos/ → /ˈtri.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trí.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.tos/

Adjective

τρῐ́τος • (trítos) m (feminine τρῐ́τη, neuter τρῐ́τον); first/second declension

1. third

Declension

First and second declension of τρῐ́τος; τρῐ́τη; τρῐ́τον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τρῐ́τος trítos	τρῐ́τη trítē	τρῐ́τον tríton		τρῐ́τω trítō	τρῐ́τᾱ trítā	τρῐ́τω trítō		τρῐ́τοι trítoi	τρῐ́ται trítai	τρῐ́τᾰ tríta
Genitive		τρῐ́του trítou	τρῐ́της trítēs	τρῐ́του trítou		τρῐ́τοιν trítoin	τρῐ́ταιν trítain	τρῐ́τοιν trítoin		τρῐ́των trítōn	τρῐ́των trítōn	τρῐ́των trítōn
Dative		τρῐ́τῳ trítōi	τρῐ́τῃ trítēi	τρῐ́τῳ trítōi		τρῐ́τοιν trítoin	τρῐ́ταιν trítain	τρῐ́τοιν trítoin		τρῐ́τοις trítois	τρῐ́ταις trítais	τρῐ́τοις trítois
Accusative		τρῐ́τον tríton	τρῐ́την trítēn	τρῐ́τον tríton		τρῐ́τω trítō	τρῐ́τᾱ trítā	τρῐ́τω trítō		τρῐ́τους trítous	τρῐ́τᾱς trítās	τρῐ́τᾰ tríta
Vocative		τρῐ́τε tríte	τρῐ́τη trítē	τρῐ́τον tríton		τρῐ́τω trítō	τρῐ́τᾱ trítā	τρῐ́τω trítō		τρῐ́τοι trítoi	τρῐ́ται trítai	τρῐ́τᾰ tríta
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τρῐ́τως trítōs				τρῐτώτερος tritṓteros				τρῐτώτᾰτος tritṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “τρίτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τρίτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τρίτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τρίτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τρίτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “τρίτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5154 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • third idem, page 867.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾitos/

Adjective

τρίτος • (trítos) m (feminine τρίτη, neuter τρίτο)

1. third

   ο τρίτος δρόμος ― o trítos drómos ― the third way

Declension

Declension of τρίτος

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	τρίτος •	τρίτη •	τρίτο •	τρίτοι •	τρίτες •	τρίτα •
genitive	τρίτου •	τρίτης •	τρίτου •	τρίτων •	τρίτων •	τρίτων •
accusative	τρίτο •	τρίτη •	τρίτο •	τρίτους •	τρίτες •	τρίτα •
vocative	τρίτε •	τρίτη •	τρίτο •	τρίτοι •	τρίτες •	τρίτα •

Related terms

• (abbreviation): 3ος (3os)

• and see: τρία (tría, “three”)

See also

• Greek number and measurement