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trieteric, a. and n. Antiq.|traɪɪˈtɛrɪk|
[ad. Gr. τριετηρικός, L. trietēricus, f. τριετηρίς a festival celebrated every third, i.e. alternate, year, f. τρι- three + ἔτος year.]
A. adj. Taking place every alternate year, as the festivals of Bacchus and other divinities.
1656Blount Glossogr., Trieterick.., that is every third year. 1847J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §390 The Mænads at the trieteric festival on Mount Parnassus thought they descried the satyrs and heard their music. 1852Grote Greece ii. lxxv. IX. 477 note, The Isthmian games were trietêric, that is celebrated in every alternate year. 1911Athenæum 15 Apr. 493/3 Dr. Farnell has..a theory of ‘trieteric’ agricultural rites.
B. n. (also pl.) A festival, esp. of Bacchus, celebrated every alternate year.
1592R. D. Hypnerotomachia 90 b, As in the daunce called Thiasus, in the trieteric [pr. -ie; orig. Trieterici] of Bacchus. 1627May Lucan v. 86 To whome in mixed sacrifice The Theban wiues at Delphos solemnize Their trieterickes.
So † trieˈterical, trieˈterican adjs. Obs. = A.
1646J. Gregory Notes & Obs. xxi. 106 The trietericall sports,..that is the mysteries of Bacchus. 1775Ash Suppl., Trieterican, belonging to the trieterica. |