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TRICHoRUM (rpixwpov), i, n. perhaps 
3 the gable end of a building; or, accord¬ 
ing to others, a house divided into three 
apartments. Stat. — Also, as an adj. 
Paulin. Nolan. Intra absidem trichora 
sub altaria sacratis (others read tricho- 
ram). 
TRTCHRuS (rpixpovs, h. e. ties habens 
colores), tri-colored, the name of a stone. 
Plin. 
TRICrfS (triginta), adv. thirty times, rpi- 
aKovraKcs. Colum. Pedes tricies triceni 
hunt nongenti. Martial. Supremas tibi 
tricies in anno signanti tabulas, Clia- 
rine, misi Hyblseis madidas thymis pla¬ 
centas. Plin. Liguribus aeer tricies 
datus. Id. Insula patet tricies octies 
centena viginti quinque millia P. h. e. 
3825 milliaria. Vitruv. Semel et tri¬ 
cies mille et quingenties, li. e. 31,500 
voces. — In speaking of money, after 
tricies is understood centena millia. 
Martial. Ex insulis fundisque tricies 
soldum redit, k. e. tricies mille plenum 
et integrum. 
TRICINIUM (tres & cano), ii, n. a song 
3 of three voices. Symmach. 
1RXCIPITINOS, i, m. a Roman surname 
e f the Lucrctian gens. Sp. Lucretius 
Trie''■films, the father of Lucretia, who 
Stahl.a herself. Liv. 
TRICLINIaRCIIeS, and TRTCLTNIaR- 
CHa (t p i kXiv lapxys), eb, m. the slave 
who had the charge of the triclinium, the 
slave that had the care of the table. Petr on. 
TRICLiNI aRIS (triclinium), e, adj. of 
2 or belonging to a triclinium, or to the 
supping-room, or to supping. Varr. 
mappa. Plin. lectus. Varr. gradus, 
h. e. by which they ascended to the supping- 
couch. Inscript, ap. Gruter. servus. 
Pandect, vestimenta. — Hence, subst. 
Tricliniaria, sc. cubicula, a supping- 
room, dining-room. Varr. — Also, subst. 
Tricliniaria, sc. stragula, or integu- 
menta, tapestry or covering for table- 
couches. Plin. 
TRICLINIUM (rpncXiviov), ii, n. a couch 
for reclining on at supper, table-couch, 
table-sofa. Varr. It implies the table 
also. Hence, Cic. Sternere triclinium, 
to prepare the table ; properly to spread 
the couch. Sueton. Curare triclinium 
sacerdotum ludis Martialibus, h. e. to 
provide for the table, lake care that the 
feast is well prepared. -IT Also, a 
room or apartment for supping in ; a sup- 
ping-room, dining-room. Cic. Quando 
tandem, Galba, de triclinio tuo exibis ? 
Manil. Triclinia templis concertant. 
Varr. Triclinia hiberna et aistiva. 
TRIC5 (trica;), onis, m. a litigious or 
3 quarrelsome person; a shuffler, baffler, 
cheat, knave, rogue, Ipiarris. Lucil. 
TRICoCCUM (rpiKoicoe, -or), i, n. a kind 
of sunflower. Plin. 
TRICoLOS (rpiKioXos, - ov ), urn, adj. 
2 having three members. Hence, subst. 
Tricolum, or -on, i, n. a sentence, period 
or thought, consisting of three members. 
Senec. 
TRICoNGrCS (tres & congius), ii, m. an 
epithet of the tippler Torquatus, who co uld 
drinlc three congii. Plin. 
TRICGR (trica;), aris, atus sum, dep. 1. 
to make or start difficulties, or not to set 
about a thing willingly. Cic. Tricatur 
scilicet. - II Also, to speak obscurely 
or confusedly. Cic. Publilius tecum 
tricatus est. 
TRICoRNIGER (tres & corniger), Era, 
3 erum, adj. having three horns or points. 
Auson. 
TRICoRNIS (tres & cornu), e, adj. hav¬ 
ing three horns, three-horned, rp'iKcpioq. 
Plin. 
TRICoRPOR (tres & corpus). oris, adj. 
3 having three bodies, three-bodied, tri-corpo- 
ral, rploopos. Virg. Forma tricorpo- 
ns umbra, h. e. Geryonis. Sil. Gery- 
onis peteret cum longa tricorporis arva. 
Id. Monstrum Geryones inimane tricor¬ 
poris irre. 
Tricosos (trica;), a, urn, adj. full of 
o difficulties, perplexity, or subtlety, shuf¬ 
fling , using shifts or quirks. Lucil. ap. 
j\on. Hie tricosu’, bovinatorque, ore 
>»u’ dnro. (Al. leg. strigosu’.) 
UtiCubPrs (tres & cuspis), Tdis, adj. m. 
3 and f. having three points or tines, three- 
pomted, three-tined, TpiyXuxtv- Ovid. 
TRI 
Positoque tricuspide telo mulcet aquas 
rector pelagi. 
TRTDaCNX (rpjs, ter-, & Xaxuoi), orum, 
n. pL a hind of oyster. Plin. 
TRIDkNS (tres & dens), entis, adj. hav- 
2 ing three teeth, tines or points, three-fork¬ 
ed, three-pronged, three-tined, trident, in¬ 
dented. Val. Place. Spumas vomit (pi- 
nus, h. e. navis) asre tridenti. Virg. 
Convolsum remis rostrisque tridentibus 
ffiquor. — Hence, subst. Tridens, tis,m. 
an instrument with three teeth or prongs; 
as, a fork, or three-point,ed spear used by 
fishers in killing large fishes, rpiatva. 
Plin. — Also, a weapon used by the reti- 
arii (a class of gladiators). Juvenal. — 
Also, the poets thus call the sceptre of 
Neptune, the trident or three-forked scep¬ 
tre of Neptune. Vircr. 
TRIDeJNTIFER (tridens &. fero), and 
3 TRIDeNTIGER (tridens & gero), era, 
erum, adj. bearing a trident, trident-bear- 
ing, rpiaivo(j>6pos. An epithet of Nep¬ 
tune. Ovid. 
TRIDeNTIPOTeNS (tridens & potens), 
3 entis, adj. powerful or ruling with the 
trident. An epithet of Neptune. Sil. 
TRIDeNTUM, i, n. a town of Rhaitia, 
now Trent. — Hence, Tridentlnus, a, 
urn, adj. of or belonging to Tridentum. 
Plin. Tridentime Alpes. Flor. juga. 
Plin. Tridentini, the inhabitants. 
TRIDDaNOS (triduum), a, um, adj. of 
3 three days’ continuance, rpifipepos. Apul. 
TRIDOUM (h. e. trimn dierum spatium), 
i, n. the space of three days, rpiqpepia. 
Terent., Coes., Cic., Sec. 
TRIeNNIS (Ires & annus), e, adj. of three 
2 years, triennial. Hence, Ovid. Trien- 
nia, sc. sacra, h. e. trieterica. 
TIUeNNIUM (Id.), ii, n. the space of 
three years , three years, rpieria. Cws., 
Cic., &c. 
TRIeNS (tres), tis, m. the third part of an 
as. Horat. — Hence, a coin of the value 
of one third of an as. Lw., Juvenal., 
&c. — Also, Triens, as an adj. Pandect. 
Usura trientes, four per cent. -II Al¬ 
so, subst. the third of any thing. Sueton. 
Heredes ex triente, h. e. heirs to the third 
of the inheritance. So, Cic. Dolabellam 
video Livia; testamento cum duobus co- 
heredibus esse in triente. Prontin. Of 
an inch. Vitruv. Of a foot. Colum. 
Of a jugerum. Id. Triens (medicami- 
nis). Plin. Prunorum bacc-E in vino si 
decoquantur, ita ut triens ex hemina 
supersit. Manil. Bis quinos annos 
Aries, unumque triente fraudatum da- 
bit, h. e. less by four months, the third of 
a year. Also, with mathematicians, 
the third part of six, and so, two. Vitruv. 
Also, Cic. Triens trientis, the third of a 
third. Also, Triens, four cyatbi (which 
are the third of a sextarius, twelve cya- 
thi); also, the vessel that contains four 
cyathi. Martial, and Propert. So, 
also, Pers. 3, 100. Calidnmque trien¬ 
te m excutis e manibus (where others 
read triental). 
TRIeNTaL (triens), alis, n. a drinlcing- 
2 vessel holding the third part of a sexta¬ 
rius, or four cyathi. Pers. 3, 100. Oa- 
lidumque triental excutit e manibus (a 
false conjecture of Casaubon., where 
other F.dd. read correctly trientem) 
TRIeNTaLIS (Id.), e, adj. that contains 
2 a. third of a foot, &c. Plin. folia, four 
inches long. Vitruv. materia, four-inch 
timber, rpirripopialos. 
TRIeNTaRIOS (Id.), a, um, adj. ofper- 
3 taming to, or containing a third. Capi- 
tolin. Fenus trientarium, hoc est mini¬ 
mis usuris exercuit, ut patrimonio suo 
plurimos adjuvaret, h. e. four per cent. 
TRTeNTIBS (Id.), a, um, adj. that is 
2 given for a third. Liv. ager. 
TRIeRaRCHOS ( rpifipapxos'j, i, m. a 
1 trierach, commander of a trieris. Cic. 
and Tacit. 
TRIERIS (rpifiprjs), is, f. a trireme, ship 
3 or galley if three banks of oars, rpiypris. 
Nep. — Trieris, as an adj. Auct. B. 
Afric. Item altera navis trieris ex ea- 
dem classe. (Others read triremis .) 
-II Also, Trieris, the name of a town 
of Phoenicia. Plin. 
TRIETeRICOS ( rpiernpiKo;), a, um, adj. 
3 happening every third year, celebrated 
every three years, triennial. Hence, 
Ovid. Trieterica sacra, or, orgia, the 
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sacred rites, or orgies, of Bacchus, cele¬ 
brated every three years; so, also, simply, 
Ovid. Trieterica. — These sacred rites 
were observed by night; hence, Stat. 
Trieterica nox. 
TRIETeRIS (rpierriply), idis, f. the space 
of three years, three years. Martial. 
Raptus trieteride nona, h. e. anno aeta- 
tis vigesimo septimo. Id. Jiis triete¬ 
ride juncta, h. e. six years. -ir Also, 
a festival celebrated every three years ; 
as, the Nemean games. Stat.; also, the 
festival of Bacchus, kept every three years. 
Cic. 
TRIFARIAM (trifarius: proyerly the acc. 
2 sc. partem), adv. in three parts or places, 
on three sides, rplxa, rpixOf. Liv. Ita 
trifariam adortus castra circumvenit. 
Id. Trifariam Romani muniebant. Apul. 
f’lato oinnem nattiram rerum trifariam 
divisit.-IT Also, in three manners or 
ways. Apul. Destruitur propositio tri¬ 
fariam. 
TRIFARIe (Id.), adv. same as Trifari- 
3 am. Mess. Cot~v. 
TRIFARIuS ( rpupdaioi ), a, um, adj. 
3 of three sorts or ways, threefold, triple. 
Cassiod. Instructus trifariis Iinguis,/t. e. 
tribus. 
I RIFaTIDICOS (tres, or ter, & fatidicus), 
a, um, adj. that prophesies in three ways. 
Auson. Trifatidicte Sibylla;. (Alii ta- 
men leg. tres fatidical.) 
TRIFAUX (tres & faux), aucis, adj. 
3 having or proceeding from three mouths 
or throats, rpiyi>a$us. Virg. Cerberus 
hiec ingens Jatratu regna trifauci per¬ 
sonal. 
TRIFaX (unc.), He is, f. a kind of missile 
3 weapon. . Gcll. 
TRIFER (ter & fero), era, erum, adj. 
2 bearing or producing fruit thrice a year, 
Tpupopoq. Colum. Ficus bifera, et 
trifera. 
TRIFID0S (ter & findo), a, um, adj. 
3 three-pronged, three-forked, cleft or cloven 
into three parts, Tpiipvris. Ovid. Nai- 
des Hesperite trifida fumantia flamma 
corpora dant tumulo, h. e. fulmine tri- 
sulco; so, Val. Place. Dispersos trifi- 
dis ardoribus ignes. Id. Trifida Nep- 
turuis in hasta, h. e. the trident of Nep¬ 
tune ; so, Claudian. Trifida Neptunus 
cuspide montes impulit. Stat. Trifi- 
dieque in Phocidos arcto longmvum 
implicui regem, h. e. trigemina qua se 
spargit in campos via. Id. Phocaea tri- 
fidas regio qua scindit vias. Id. ser¬ 
pens trifidam linguam exsertat, h. e. 
linguist micat ore trisulcis. Claudian.' 
Trifida Sicania, h. e. triquetra. Auct. 
de Laudib. Here, (de apro Erymanthi ) 
Horrebant trifidis nigrantia corpora se- 
tis, h. c. tricuspidibus. Sil. (de rostra 
in prora navis) Micat mreus alta fulgor' 
aqua trifidi splendentis in a;quore rostri. 
PRIIILIS (tres & fiium), e, adj. having 
3 three threads ; hence, having three hairs. 
Martial, caiva. 
TRIFINIUM (tres Sc finis), ii, n. a place 
3 where three boundaries meet. Sicul. Place. 
JR1FISSILIS (ter & fissilis), e, adj. same 
3 as Trifidus. Auson. 
TRIFOLINfiS, a, um, adj. of or pertaining 
to Trifolium, a mountain of Campania 
near Naples. Pli ». and Martial. 
TRIF6LIUM (tres & folium), ii, n. the 
herb trefoil or three-leaved grass, rpLbvX- 
X ov. Plin. 
TRIFoRMIS (tres & forma), e, adj. hav- 
3 ing three forms, shapes, or natures, tri¬ 
form, Tpipopjios. Ovid, diva, or, Id. 
dea, h. e. Diana, who is also Luna and 
Hecate, and on that account was trifor- 
mis. Senec. Hecate. Horat. chimtera. 
Senec. canis ; h. e. Cerberus _IT Also, 
triple, threefold. Ovid. Mtindi regna 
triformia, h. c. the air (heaven), earth, 
and the infernal regions. 
TRIFuR (ter & fur), Gris, m. a threefold 
3 thief, a notable thief, rpitpeop. Plaul. 
Non fur, sed trifur. 
TRIFORCIFER (ter Sc furcifer), i, m. 
3 an arch rogue, consummate scoundrel, 
arrant knave or villain. Plant. Tun, 
trifurcifer, mihi audes inclementer di- 
cere? Id. Fur trifurcifer. 
TRIF0RCIUM (trifurcus), ii, n. any thine 
3 of a three-forked shape. Apul. Gramen, 
quod in se trifurcium habet. 
TRIFuRCOS (tres Sr. furca',, a, um, adj 
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