TRi 
TRI 
TRI 
disagreeable, raising dislike. Cic. tem¬ 
poral Id. Tristes de Bruto nostro litter® 
nuntiique aft'erebantur. Jd. Tristissima 
sunt exta sine capite, ill-omened. Id. 
Ut mum laetissimmn drem cum tristis- 
simo meo conferam. Id. — Herat. 
Tristia bella. Ovid, sententia, dismal 
sentence of condemnation. Lie. Cum 
medici salutis causa tristiora remedia 
adhibent, h. c. acerbiora, et acriorem do- 
loria sensum inducentia. i-'.specially of 
what relates to death and funeral rites. 
Senec. Tristi morte finire mala. Virg. 
Tristia dona libabat cineri Androma¬ 
che. Martial. Tristes lacern®, h. e. fus- 
ca, pull*, atr®. So, Id. lana. Ovid. 
officium, h. e. exsequiarum, sad office. 
Or, to the lower world. Senec. Tristes 
Erebi dii. Virg. Tartara. Id. Tristi- 
que pains inamabilis unda. ■— Also, nox¬ 
ious, hurtful, baleful, baneful. Ovid. 
Tristi medicamine tact* defluxere co¬ 
in®. Lucrct. Si tristior incubuisset 
causa. — Hence, veut. Triste, a sad 
thing, something dismal, baleful, Ac. 
Virg. Triste lupus stabulis, frugibus 
intbres. And, Tristia, sad or mournful 
things, miseries, cares. Ovid. -If Also, 
Tristis, sad, mournful, h. e. lamentable, 
unfortunate, unlucky, unhappy. Lie. 
eventus. Cic. sors.-II Also, sour, 
n-loomy, morose, unkindly , dark, ill- 
tumored, stern, austere, hard, harsh, piti¬ 
less, fierce, severe, grave, solemn, sober, 
serious. Virg. Navita tristis, h. e. 
Charon. Id. Tristis Erinnys. Tibull. 
sorores, ft. e. Parcs. Plin. Paneg. su- 
percilium. Propert. puella. ill-humored. 
Liu. responsum, severe, stern, hard. Id. 
Auctor tristioris sententis. Cic. Vultus 
quo severior est et tristior, hoc ilia qus 
dicuntur, salsiora videri solent, has the 
more severity or solemnity, is farther re¬ 
moved from laughter and cheerfulness, is 
more austerely serious. Id. P. Sulpicius 
judex tristis et integer, A. e. strict; or 
better, of a studied or measured coldness. 
Id. Erat in Lslio multa hilaritas, in 
Scipione ambitio major, vita tristior. 
Horat. Et sermone opus est modo tristi, 
sspe jocoso, serious, solemn, grave. - 
IT Also, unpleasant to the taste, harsh, 
bitter. Ovid, absinthia. Id. sapor. 
Virg. suci. Plin. glans. — Or, to the 
smell, offensive, bad. Ovid, anhelitus 
oris. —— IT Also, angry, indignant, dis- 
pleased. Plaut. Non decet te esse tam 
tristem tuo Jovi. Propert. Ingrato tris¬ 
tis arnica viro. So, also, Virg. Tristia 
dicta, - IT Also, sad, mournful, dis¬ 
mal to behold. Senec. Tristes et squali- 
di trunci (arborum).-IT Also, hor¬ 
rid, frightful, terrible. Stat. ursa. 
TRISTITAS (tristis), atis, f. sadness. 
3 Pacuv. ap. Non. 
TRISTITIA (Id.), s, f. sadness, melan¬ 
choly, care, sorrow, grief, aSvpia, dyMa. 
Of persons. Val. Max. Cum tristitia et 
moerore in vita remanent. Sallust. Ex 
suraraa l*titia atque lascivla repente 
omnes tristitia invasit. Cic. Judex turn 
ad tristitiam, turn ad lcetitiam est contor- 
quendus. Lucei. in Cic. Ep. Lacrimisac 
tristitiffi se tradere. Auct. B. Afric. Mag- 
no rnetu ac tristitia sollicitari. Orff/.Tris¬ 
titiam compescere. Horat. finite. Tacit. 
and Ovid, ponere. Plin. abolere. Id. ani- 
mi resolvere. Id. Vino tristitia et cura 
hebetatur. I al. Max. Subita tristitia 
implicati militum animi. — Also, of 
animals. Plin. Apes morbos sentiunt: 
index eorunr tristitia torpens. - 
IT Also, sadness, dismal state or nature, 
hardness, rigor. Cic. temporum. Id. 
Lenitate verbi tristitiam rei mitigare. 
Plin. Surculatio soli (of the soil ) tristi¬ 
tiam laxat.-IT Also, gloominess, mo¬ 
roseness, sourness, or, also, severity, 
strictness, gloomy seriousness, studied or 
measured coldness, also, hardness in de¬ 
cision. Cic. Ille vos tristitia vultuque 
decepit, ft. e. studied gravity or gloomi¬ 
ness of look. Id. Tristitiam ac sever.i- 
tatern mitigare. Plin. Ep. Nullus hor¬ 
ror in cultu (al. vultu), nulla tristitia, 
multum severitatis.-IT Also, anger, 
displeasure. Propert. 
TRISTITIeS (Id.), ei, f. same as Tris- 
3 titia. Terent. and Apul 
1 RISTITuDS (Id.) inis, f. same as Tris- 
3 titia. Apul . 
TRtSTIOS, adv. See Triste. 
TRISTOR (tristis), aris, depon. 1. to be 
2 sad, be affected with grief, Xvkcw. Se¬ 
nec. Concitari, tristarique oh scelera. 
Id. Nunquam flere, nunquam tristari. 
TR1SOLCOS (tres A sulcus), a, urn, adj. 
3 having three furrows ; lienee, three-point¬ 
ed, three-forked, three-pronged, triple, 
threefold. Chiefly used by the poets. 
Ovid, telum Jovis, ft. e. lightning. 
So, Ovid. Ignes trisulci, lightning. 
Varr. ap. J Yon. fulmen. (Accordingto 
Festus ; Trisulcum fulgur fuit ab anti- 
quis dictum, quia aut incendit, aut af- 
flat, aut terebrat.) Virg. Et linguis 
micat ore trisulcis. Apul. Trisulca vi- 
bramina draconum. Val. Flacc. (de mon- 
stro marine ) ordine trisulco quatit oia 
fragor, ft. e. triplici ordine dentium.— 
Claudian. Sicilia trisulca, three-sided, tri¬ 
angular, having three promontories.—Pal- 
lad. Trisulcus ramus, A. c. tria cacumi- 
na habens. — Varr. ap. Serv. ad Virg. 
Trisulca fores, ft. e. tres valvas lia- 
beutes. 
TRISvLLABOS (rpiovXXaSos), a, urn, 
2 adj. of three syllables, trisyllabical. Varr. 
TRITAVIA (tritavus), ®, f. a great- 
3 grandfather's or great-grandmother’s 
great-grandmother, mater atavi vel ata- 
viffi. Pandect. 
TRITAVOS (tres A avus), i, m. a great- 
3 grandfather's or great-grandmother's 
great-grandfather, rpi-aTnrog, pater atavi 
vel atavi®. Pandect, and Plaut. — Hence, 
Tritavi stands for more remote ancestors; 
early ancestors. Varr. 
TRITE ( rpirri ), es, f. ft. e. tertia. In 
2 Vitruv. for tertia chorda ; the third string 
or tone in the gamut or scale of musical 
notes. 
TRITEM6RIA (rpirypopia), ffi, (.a third; 
3 hence, in music, ft. e. brevior soni dis- 
tantia tertiam ejus partem recipiqns. 
Martian. Capell. 
TRITHALES (rpiOaXh), is, n. same as 
Erithales. Plin. 
TRITICEIOS (triticum), a, um,adj. same 
2 as Triticcus. Plaut. 
TRITICEOS (Id.), a, urn, adj. of wheat, 
2 wheaten, avisos, airypog. Virg. lues- 
sis, the ic he at harvest. Cato. pale*. Co- 
lum. far, wheat flour. Ovid, fetus. 
TRITICIARIOS (Id.), a. urn, adj. of or 
3 belonging to wheat. Pandect, condictio. 
TRITICINOS (Id.), a, urn, adj. of wheat. 
3 Plin. Valer. amylum. 
TRITICUM (unc.), i, n. wheat , virus, 
irvpbs- Varro, Ac. 
TRITON (Tpfrwv),onis, or onos, m. Tri¬ 
ton, a sea-deity, son of Neptune, whom the 
poets represented as Neptune’s trumpeter, 
blowing through a shell, by which he some¬ 
times calmed the sea and called the rivers 
back, and sometimes made the sea tempestu¬ 
ous. Ovid., Ac. — Hence, a kind of fish, 
of the genus pelamides, a kind of tunny, 
according to Plin. — Also, the name of 
a ship, which had Triton for its sign. 
Virg. — Cicero calls the immoderate 
lovers of fish-ponds, Tritones piscina- 
rum, A. e. fish-pond gods. - If Also, 
Triton, a river of Africa, near which 
was a lake called Tritonis, or Tritonia, 
where, as the fable says, Pallas first ap¬ 
peared, who was hence called 7'ritonis, 
or Tritonia. Plin. and Pompon. Mela. 
_Also, a river in Ba’otia, from which 
Pallas is also said to have been named. 
Serv. ad Virg. — Also, a lake of 
Thrace. Vibius Sequest. (Comp. Ovid. 
15, 358.) 
TRITONIA, *, f. ft. c. Pallas. See Tn- 
tonius. 
TRIToNIACuS (Tpirconiasos), a, urn, 
adj. of or belonging to the river or lake 
Triton. Ovid. 15, 358. Pal us Triton ia- 
ca (probably), the lake Triton in Thrace. 
_If Also, of or belonging to Pallas. 
Ovid, arundo, ft. e. tibia, a Pallade in- 
venta. 
TRITONIS (Tpirwm), idis and idos, f. 
3 adj. of or belonging to the river or lake 
Triton, Tritonian. SU. Palus Tritonis, 
or, Id. (absol.) Tritonis, se. palus, the 
lake near the river Triton. Lucrct. Pal- 
ladis ad templum Tritonidos. — Hence, 
Pallas is called Tritonis, sc. dea. Virg. 
and Ovid. - II Also, Palladian, of, 
belonging to, or proceeding from Pallas. 
Ovid.*, pinus, ft. c. the ship Argo, which 
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was built at the instigation of Minerva. 
Id. arx, A. e. Athens, which was sacred 
to Pallas. — Hence, the olive-tree is 
called Tritonis, because it was sacred 
to Pallas. Stat. 
TRIToNIuS (Tptrioyios), a, um, adj. of 
or belonging to the river Triton or to the 
lake, Tritonian. Virg. Pallas. Id. Vir¬ 
go Tritonia, or, Id. and Ovid, (simply) 
Tritonia, ft. e. Pallas. 
TRIT5R (tero), oris, m. a rubber, pounder 
2 or grinder, rpiirriis, rpiuTyp. Plin. 
Erfgorius tritor colorum Neale* pictoris. 
— Hence, Plaut. Stimulorum tritor (a 
term of reproach applied to a slave who 
was frequently chastised with a stimu¬ 
lus) ; So, Id. compedium, or compedum 
(a term of reproach applied to a slave that 
was often fettered). 
TRITuRA (Id.), ®, f. a rubbing. Apul. 
2 — Hence, the beating or forcing out of 
the grains of corn from the ears ; thresh¬ 
ing, Tpi/fy, dXoyros. VaiT. and Virg. 
—L-II Also, a rubbing or chafing. Apul. 
TRIT0RATI5 (trituro), oni3,, a thresh¬ 
'd ing. Augustin. 
TRiTORO (tritura), as, avi, atum, a. 1. 
3 to thresh, dXuaio. Figur. Sidon. 
TRITuRRITilS (ter A turritus), a, um, 
adj. having three " '"ers; hence, a villa 
was called Triti ita, sc. villa. Rutil. 
TRITOS (tero), us, m. a rubbing or wear¬ 
ing , rpitpis- Cic. 
TRlTuS, a, um, particip. front tero. -- 
If Also, adj. often rubbed and thereby 
made smooth. — Thus, trodden, often trod¬ 
den, beaten, worn., much frequented, usual, 
common. Cic. Cum Brundisium, iter- 
que illud, quod tritum in Gr®ciam est, 
vitavissem. Senec. Tritissima qu®que 
viadecipit. Plin. Cancri os Ponti evince- 
re non valent: quamobrem regressi cir- 
cumeunt: apparetque tritum iter. Hence, 
figur. much used, trite, common, familiar. 
Cic. Summum jus sumnta injuria, fac¬ 
tum est jam tritum sermone proverbi- 
um. Id. Faciamus tractando usitatiug 
hoc verbunt, ac tritius. Plin. Tritior 
mos. ''Also, practised , expert. Vitruv. 
Cutn homines quotidie faciendo tritio- 
res manus ad ®dificandum perfecissent. 
Cie. Gluod tritas aures haberet notandis 
generibus poetarum. --If Also, worn, 
the worse for wear , rubbed or impaired by 
rubbing. Horat. tunica. 
TRIVENeFICOS (ter A venefieus), a, 
3 um, adj. much addicted to sorcery; 
hence, Trivenefiea (as a term of re¬ 
proach). Plaut. 
TRIVIA, ®, f. Tpiodins, Diana. See 
3 Trivius. 
TRIVIaLIS (trivium), e, adj. properly, 
2 that is in or pertains to the cross-roads ; 
that is in the public roads; hence, com¬ 
mon, vulgar, that may be found every 
where, ordinary, dyopaios, ckitvxwv- 
Quintil. Litterarii p*ne ista sunt ludi, 
et trivia]is scienti®, ft. e. Grammatics:, 
quant doceri pueros in triviis, mos fuit 
Gratcorunt. Sueton. verba. Id. ludii. 
Juvenal. Communi feriat carmen trivi- 
ale nioneta. 
TRIVIaLITER (trivialis), adv. here and 
3 there, in a common manner. Arnob. 
TRIVIaTIM (trivium), adv. in the public 
3 streets. Martian. Capell. 
TRIVIUM, ii, n. See Trivius. 
TRIVIOS (ties A via), a, urn, adj. coi r- 
3 sistmg of or pertaining to three ways; 
hence, subst. Trivium, ii, n. a place 
where three ways meet, rpiofjos- & c - . 
ventum est in trivium. 'Tibull. Lapis 
in trivio. But it often signifies aplace 
of public res'rt, the public street. Cic., 
Virg., Horat., Ac. Hence, Cic. Arripere 
maledictum ex trivio, to borrow a term of 
reproach from the streets, from the lowest 
of the mob ; to abuse in a low manner. 
II Hence, Trivius, of or belonging to, or 
worshiped at places where three ways meet. 
Inscript. Dii trivii, ft. e. which stood there, 
and were worshiped there, and were guar¬ 
dians thereof. Hence, Propert. Trivia 
dea, or, Lucrct. virgo, or, simply, Ov¬ 
id., Virg. and Tibull. Trivia, ft. e. Diana , 
or Hecate, probably so called, because 
particularly worshiped in the trivia. 
Hence, Vivg> linens r Irivios, the lake oj 
Diana; a fake in Lutium near Aricia , 
now called Lago di Nemi. - if Lu- 
cret. Triviai virginis, for triviffi. 
