third

Greek Adjective

τρίτος, -η, -ον the third: Mat.22:26, Mrk.12:21 15:25, Luk.24:21, Act.2:15, al; τῇ τ. ἡμέρᾳ (i.e. the next day but one: Xen, al; see Field, Notes, 11 ff.), Mat.16:21, Luk.24:46, al; substantively, accusative masc, τρίτον, a third (servant), Luk.20:12; neut, τὸ τ, with genitive, the third part of: Rev.8:7-12 9:15, 18 12:4. As adv, τὸ τ, the third time: Mrk.14:41, Jhn.21:17; anarth, τρίτον, a third time, Luk.23:22, Jhn.21:14, 2Co.12:14 13:1; in enumerations, thirdly, 1Co.12:28; ἐκ τ, a third time, Mat.26:44 (AS)

third

Greek Adjective

τρίτος [ῐ], Aeolic dialect τέρτος (see. τέρτα) η, ον, (τρεῖς) third, τοῖσι δ᾽ ἐπὶ τρίτος ἦλθε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τρίτος αὐτός himself the third, i. e. with two others (see. αὐτός [Refs]two drachmae and a half, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare ἡμιτάλαντο; τ. γενέσθαι to be third in a race, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—the third frequently appears as completing the tale, e.g. the third and last libation was offered to Ζεὺς Σωτήρ, Διὸς σωτηρίου σπονδὴ τρίτου κρατῆρος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, Κράτος τε καὶ Δίκη σὺν τῷ τρίτῳ. Ζηνί [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τρίτην ἐπενδίδωμι (i.e. πληγήν) the third and finishing stroke, [Refs]; Ἐρινὺς. αἷμα πίεται, τρίτην πόσιν, i. e. the blood of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, the first being that of the children of Thyestes, the second that of Agamemnon, [Refs] II) τρίτη, with or without ἡμέρα, the day after tomorrow, ἐς τρίτην ἡμέραν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἐχθὲς καὶ τ. ἡμέραν yesterday and the day before, [Refs] — διὰ τρίτης two days later, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but, every other day, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) with other Nouns omitted, ἡ τ. (i.e. χορδή) the third string in the heptachord, ={ἡ παραμέση}, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —ἡ τ. (i.e. πληγή) the third blow, see above 1:—ἡ τ. (i.e. μερίς) the third part of a coin or weight, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; third of a stater, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] III) τρίτον as adverb, thirdly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; a third time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρῶτον μὲν, δεύτερον δὲ, τ. δὲ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῦτο τ. this third time, [LXX+NT+8th c.BC+]in the third place, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but = the third time, [NT+5th c.BC+]:—regular adverb τρίτως in the third degree, [Refs] III.2) τρίτον thrice, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) τὸ τ. μέρος [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τῷ τ. at the third signal, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) τρίτα, τά, V.1) (i.e. ἱερά) a sacrifice offered the third day after the funeral, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V.2) τὰ τρίτα λέγειν τινί play the third part (like τριταγωνιστεῖν τινι), [Refs 4th c.BC+] V.3) πρῶτα δραμεῖν καὶ δεύτερα καὶ τ. win. third place in the race, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit trlīyas, Latin terlius, etc.)

Greek

Adjective

third; neuter (as noun) a third part, or (as adverb) a (or the) third time, thirdly; third(-ly); ordinal from g5140 (τρεῖς)