noun · masculinethird declension
triēns
triēns m (genitive trientis)
Classical[ˈtri.ẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtriː.ens]
Meaning
- third (part of something)
- triens
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | triēns | trientēs |
| genitive | trientis | trientium |
| dative | trientī | trientibus |
| accusative | trientem | trientēs trientīs |
| ablative | triente | trientibus |
| vocative | triēns | trientēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- trientes or trientariae usurae (Att. 4. 15)
- 4 per cent.
- fenus ex triente Id. Quint. factum erat bessibus (Att. 4. 15. 7)
- the rate of interest has gone up from 4 per cent to 8 per cent.
trĭens, entis, m. tres,
I. a third part, a third of any thing.
I. In gen.:
cum sciemus, quantum quasi sit in trientis triente, Cic. Att. 7, 8, 3: medicaminis, Col. 12, 20, 7: ut triens ex heminā supersit, Plin. 23, 7, 68, § 133.—Of inheritances: cum duobus coheredibus esse in triente, Cic. Att. 7, 8, 3: heredes ex triente, Suet. Aug. 101.— II. In partic.
A. Of coins.
1. The third part of an as, Varr. L. L. 5, § 171 Müll.; Hor. A. P. 328; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 45; Liv. Ep. 60; 22, 10, 7; Messala ap. Plin. 34, 13, 38, § 137; Juv. 3, 267.—
2. Under the later emperors, a gold coin, the third part of an aureus, Gall. ap. Treb. Claud. 17 fin.—
B. As a measure of interest, one third per cent. monthly, or, in our way of reckoning, four per cent. yearly:
usurae, Dig. 35, 2, 3 fin.: pensiones, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21.—C. In square or long measure.
1. The third of a juger, Col. 5, 1, 11; 5, 2, 2.—
2. The third of a foot in length, Front. Aquaed. 26; 38. —
D. In liquid measure, a third of a sextarius, i. e. four cyathi, Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 29; Mart. 1, 107, 8; 6, 86, 1; 9, 88, 2; 10, 49, 1.—
E. Among mathematicians, the number two (as a third of six), Vitr. 3, 1 med.—
III. Trientem tertium ... id significare ait Cincius duas libras pondo et trientem, Fest. p. 363.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
triēns entis, m
tres, a third part, third : cum sciemus, quantum quasi sit in trientis triente: cum duobus coheredibus esse in triente, i. e. be heir to one third of the estate .—As a coin, the third part of an as , H.: ludi magni voti aeris trecentis triginta tribus milibus trecentis triginta tribus triente, i. e. 333,333 1/3 asses , L.: nec habet quem pormgat ore trientem, Iu.—As a liquid measure, a third of a sextarius (four cyathi), Pr.