trietericus

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Latin

Adjective

trietericus (feminine trieterica, neuter trietericum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of three years
  2. biennial; i.e., according to Roman timekeeping, inclusive of the years before and after
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.301–303:
      quālīs commōtīs excitā sacrīs
      Thȳias, ubi audītō stimulant trietērica Bacchō
      orgia, nocturnusque vocat clāmōre Cithaerōn.
      excited by the sorts of sacred objects shaken by Thyia, when heard they incite Bacchus’ biannual orgies, and Mount Cythaeron harkens with cries in the night.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative trietericus trieterica trietericum trietericī trietericae trieterica
genitive trietericī trietericae trietericī trietericōrum trietericārum trietericōrum
dative trietericō trietericae trietericō trietericīs
accusative trietericum trietericam trietericum trietericōs trietericās trieterica
ablative trietericō trietericā trietericō trietericīs
vocative trieterice trieterica trietericum trietericī trietericae trieterica

References

“trietericus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “trietericus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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