noun
trĭĕtēris
Meaning
- a space of three years
trĭĕtēris, ĭdis, f., = τριετηρίς.
I. Lit., a space of three years, three years, Stat. S. 2, 6, 72; Mart. 9, 85, 9; 10, 53, 3; Aus. Caes. 3. —
II. Transf., a triennial festival; of the festival of Bacchus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58; cf.
trietericus.—Of the Nemean games, Stat. Th. 4, 722; 7, 93.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
trietēris idis, f
, τριετηρίς, a period of three years; hence, a biennial festival (of Bacchus); cf. trietericus.