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ἐπίτριτος

epitritos

containing an integer and one-third

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐπίτριτος, ον (η, ον, v. infr. 4), A. containing an integer and one-third (1 + 1/3), i. e. in the ratio of4 : 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. 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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