adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
trietericus
trietericus (feminine trieterica, neuter trietericum)
Meaning
- adjectiveof three years
- adjectivebiennial; i.e., according to Roman timekeeping, inclusive of the years before and after
[...] quālīs commōtīs excitā sacrīs Thȳias, ubi audītō stimulant trietērica Bacchō
… excited by the sorts of sacred objects shaken by Thyia, [as] when [such sounds are] heard they incite Bacchus’ biannual orgies, and Mount Cythaeron harkens with cries in the night.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.301–303
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | trietericus | trieterica | trietericum |
| genitive | trietericī | trietericae | trietericī |
| dative | trietericō | trietericae | trietericō |
| accusative | trietericum | trietericam | trietericum |
| ablative | trietericō | trietericā | trietericō |
| vocative | trieterice | trieterica | trietericum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | trietericī | trietericae | trieterica |
| genitive | trietericōrum | trietericārum | trietericōrum |
| dative | trietericīs | trietericīs | trietericīs |
| accusative | trietericōs | trietericās | trieterica |
| ablative | trietericīs | trietericīs | trietericīs |
| vocative | trietericī | trietericae | trieterica |
trĭĕtērĭcus, a, um, adj., = τριετηρικός,
I. recurring every three years, triennial:
sacra, the festival of Bacchus, Ov. M. 6, 587; also called trieterica orgia, Verg. A. 4, 302. —As subst.: trĭĕtērĭca, ōrum, n., the festival of Bacchus, Ov. R. Am. 593; Stat. Th. 2, 661; id. Achill. 1, 595; Hyg. Fab. 131; cf. trieteris.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
trietēricus adj.
, τριετηρικός, of three years, i. e. (since in reckoning intervals of time both extremes were counted), biennial, of alternate years: sacra, a festival of Bacchus held at Thebes every alternate year, O.: trieterica Orgia, V.—Plur n. as subst, the festival of Bacchus, O.