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ἐπίτρι^τος , ον (η, ον, v. infr. 4),
A.containing an integer and one-third (1 + 1/3), i. e. in the ratio of 4 : 3, “. πυθμήνPl.R.546c ; “ἀριθμοίPh.2.183 ; “λόγοςId.1.10, al., cf. PTeb.72.388 (ii B. C.), etc. Adv. “-τωςNicom.Ar.2.20.
2. in Music, . διαστάσεις, of the interval of the fourth, Pl.Ti.36a, cf. Plu.2.1138f, Aristid. Quint.3.1 ; “. ἁρμονίαPh. 1.23 ; “ δὲ συλλαβὰ ἐπίτριτονPhilol.6.
3. ποὺς ., or ., , a metrical foot, of three longs and one short, in which the ratio of θέσις and ἄρσις is 4 : 3, Sch.Heph.p.112 C.; . πρῶτος, δεύτερος, τρίτος, τέταρτος, ^___, _^__, __^_, ___^, Heph.3.3.
4. in usury, ἐπίτριτον (sc. δάνεισμα), τό, a loan of which 1/3 is annually paid as interest, i.e. 33 1/3 per cent., X.Vect.3.9 ; “τόκοι .Arist.Rh.1411a17 ; “ἑξακόσιαι δραχμαὶ ἐπίτριται600 drachmae at 33 1/3 per cent., Is.Fr.79 S.
5. ἐπίτριτον, τό, tax in Egypt, PSI8.902.9 (i A. D.).
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