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.

References

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