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τριτοπάτωρ

τριτοπάτωρ, great-grandfather

τριτο-πάτωρ [ᾰ], ορος, ὁ,
  • great-grandfather, Arist. Fr. 415 (but perh. Ar.Byz.): v.l. τριπάτωρ.
    • II Τριτοπάτορες, οἱ, divinities worshipped at Athens, to whom prayers were offered ὑπὲρ γενέσεως παίδων (v. Τριτογενής II), Phanod. 4, cf. Clitodem. 19, etc.; wind-daemons acc. to Demon 2, cf. Orph. Fr. 318: sg., Τριτοπάτωρ Πυρρακιδῶν prob. the mythical ancestor of the P., Durrbach Choix dʼinscrr. de Délos No. 7 (v/iv B. C.). [The quantity of the ι is unknown.]

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