τρίτος

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers ^(edit)

	30
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Cardinal: τρεῖς (treîs)     Ordinal: τρῐ́τος (trĭ́tos)     Adverbial: τρῐ́ς (trĭ́s)     Collective: τρῐᾰ́ς (trĭắs)

Alternative forms

• τρίτατος (trítatos) — poetic

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 • (trĭ́tos) 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 trĭ́tos	τρῐ́τη trĭ́tē	τρῐ́τον trĭ́ton		τρῐ́τω trĭ́tō	τρῐ́τᾱ trĭ́tā	τρῐ́τω trĭ́tō		τρῐ́τοι trĭ́toi	τρῐ́ται trĭ́tai	τρῐ́τᾰ trĭ́tă
Genitive		τρῐ́του trĭ́tou	τρῐ́της trĭ́tēs	τρῐ́του trĭ́tou		τρῐ́τοιν trĭ́toin	τρῐ́ταιν trĭ́tain	τρῐ́τοιν trĭ́toin		τρῐ́των trĭ́tōn	τρῐ́των trĭ́tōn	τρῐ́των trĭ́tōn
Dative		τρῐ́τῳ trĭ́tōi	τρῐ́τῃ trĭ́tēi	τρῐ́τῳ trĭ́tōi		τρῐ́τοιν trĭ́toin	τρῐ́ταιν trĭ́tain	τρῐ́τοιν trĭ́toin		τρῐ́τοις trĭ́tois	τρῐ́ταις trĭ́tais	τρῐ́τοις trĭ́tois
Accusative		τρῐ́τον trĭ́ton	τρῐ́την trĭ́tēn	τρῐ́τον trĭ́ton		τρῐ́τω trĭ́tō	τρῐ́τᾱ trĭ́tā	τρῐ́τω trĭ́tō		τρῐ́τους trĭ́tous	τρῐ́τᾱς trĭ́tās	τρῐ́τᾰ trĭ́tă
Vocative		τρῐ́τε trĭ́te	τρῐ́τη trĭ́tē	τρῐ́τον trĭ́ton		τρῐ́τω trĭ́tō	τρῐ́τᾱ trĭ́tā	τρῐ́τω trĭ́tō		τρῐ́τοι trĭ́toi	τρῐ́ται trĭ́tai	τρῐ́τᾰ trĭ́tă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τρῐ́τως trĭ́tōs				τρῐτώτερος trĭtṓteros				τρῐτώτᾰτος trĭtṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: τρίτος (trítos)

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

	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)

Related terms

• (abbreviation): 3ος (3os)

• and see: τρία (tría, “three”)

See also

• Greek number and measurement