τρίτος

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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

 

Adjective

τρῐ́τος (trítosm (feminine τρῐ́τη, neuter τρῐ́τον); first/second declension

  1. third

Declension

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

τρίτος (trítosm (feminine τρίτη, neuter τρίτο)

  1. third
    ο τρίτος δρόμοςo trítos drómosthe third way

Declension

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative τρίτος (trítos) τρίτη (tríti) τρίτο (tríto) τρίτοι (trítoi) τρίτες (trítes) τρίτα (tríta)
genitive τρίτου (trítou) τρίτης (trítis) τρίτου (trítou) τρίτων (tríton) τρίτων (tríton) τρίτων (tríton)
accusative τρίτο (tríto) τρίτη (tríti) τρίτο (tríto) τρίτους (trítous) τρίτες (trítes) τρίτα (tríta)
vocative τρίτε (tríte) τρίτη (tríti) τρίτο (tríto) τρίτοι (trítoi) τρίτες (trítes) τρίτα (tríta)
  • (abbreviation): 3ος (3os)

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