τρίτος τρίτος (ῐ), η, ον τρεῖς 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. 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, Xen. τρίτον as adv., thirdly, Soph., Eur., etc.; also, τὸ τρίτον Hom., Attic τρίτα, ων, τά, (sub. ἱερά) a sacrifice to the dead, offered the third day after the funeral, Isae. τὰ τρίτα λέγειν τινί to play the third part to any one, Dem.