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ἐπίτριτος

ἐπίτριτος, one and a third

ἐπίτρῐτος, ον (η, ον, v. infr. 4),
  • containing an integer and one-third (1 + 1/3), i.e. in the ratio of 4: 3, ἐ. πυθμήν Pl. R. 546c; ἀριθμοί Ph. 2.183; λόγος Id. 1.10, al., cf. PTeb. 72.388 (ii B. C.), etc. Adv. -τως Nicom. Ar. 2.20.
      • 2 in Music, ἐ. διαστάσεις, of the interval of the fourth, Pl. Ti. 36a, cf. Plu. Mus. 2.1138f, Aristid. Quint. 3.1; ἐ. ἁρμονία Ph. 1.23; ἁ δὲ συλλαβὰ ἐπίτριτον Philol. 6.
      • 3 ποὺς ἐ., or ἐ., ὁ, 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.; ἐ. 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 ἐ. Arist. Rh. 1411a17; ἑξακόσιαι δραχμαὶ ἐπίτριται 600 drachmae at 33 1/3 per cent., Is. Fr. 79 S.
      • 5 ἐπίτριτον, τό, tax in Egypt, PSI 8.902.9 (i A. D.).

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