τρίτος
Alt. τρί^τος, η, ον
Etym. τρεῖς
I. "the third", Lat. tertius, Hom., etc.; τρίτος ἦλθε he came himself "the third", i. e. "with two others", Od.; so, τρίτος αὐτός, attic:— "the third" often appears as "completing the tale", τρίτην ἐπενδίδωμι (sub. πληγήν) "the third and finishing" stroke, Aesch.; cf. σωτήρ I. 2.
II. τρίτη, with or without ἡμέρα, "the day after to-morrow", ἐς τρίτην ἡμέραν Ar.; τῇ τρίτῃ Xen.;—but, χθὲς καὶ τρ. ἡμέραν yesterday and "the day before", id=Xen.
III. τρίτον as adv., "thirdly", Soph., Eur., etc.; also, τὸ τρίτον Hom., attic
IV. τρίτα, ων, τά,
1. (sub. ἱερά) "a sacrifice to the dead, offered the third day after the funeral", Isae.
2. τὰ τρίτα λέγειν τινί to play "the third part" to any one, Dem.