A.on the third day, used with Verbs so as to agree with the subject, “τριταῖοι ἐγένοντο ἐν τῇ Ἀττικῇ” Hdt.6.120, cf. Hp.Aph.4.36, Th.1.61, 3.3, etc.; “τ. ἄνεμος” which will blow in three days, Pi.N.7.17; “τριταίαν καρύσσουσιν θυσίαν” E.El.171 (lyr.); τ. ἐκφορά a funeral three days after death, Pl.Lg.959a; “ἐσβεβληκὼς . . τ. ἐς Μηλιέας” three days before, Hdt.7.196, cf. Plb.15.33.11.
II. three days old, “ἰχθύδια τ.” Ar.Fr.387.9; “ᾠὰ τ. ὄντα” Arist.PA665a35; “φίλος τ.” of three days' standing, Theoc.29.18; ἐπεὰν τ. γένωνται after being three days dead, Hdt.2.89.