trieterica
Dictionary entries
- Entry →trietericus, trieterica, trietericum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of 3 years (biennial!, count both extremes), of alternate years; triennial;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →trietericum, trieterici:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
triennial (alternate year) rites (pl.) of Bacchus held at Thebes;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Phoebo Bromioque sacer, cui numine mixtoDelphica Thebanae referunt trieterica Bacchae.hoc solum fluctu terras mergente cacumen 75eminuit pontoque fuit..." 
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...latet ille receptus veste sacra. voces chorus et trieterica reddunt aera sonum fixaeque fremunt in limine tigres. regina..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...super dictis infensus amaris prosequitur uictos: 'non haec trieterica uobis nox patrio de more uenit, non orgia Cadmi..."- P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...qualis commotis excita sacris Thyias, ubi audito stimulant trieterica Baccho orgia nocturnusque vocat clamore Cithaeron. tandem his Aenean..." - P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...imagine tota est. Tempus erat, quo sacra solent trieterica Bacchi Sithoniae celebrare nurus: (nox conscia sacris, nocte sonat..."