Third (Ordinal Number)

שְׁלִישִׁי m. שְׁלִישִׁית f. adj.num. ord.108 third;—יוֹם שְׁלִישִׁי Gn 1:13 + 31 times, etc. (64 times, rarely שְׁלִשִׁי); pl. שְׁלִשִׁים (third 50, set of messengers, etc.) 1 S 19:21; 2 K 1:13 + 4 times; בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית 1 K 18:1 + 4 times, etc. (33 times; sometimes שְׁלִשִׁית, שְׁלִשִׁת, etc.); = third part, a third 2 S 18:2(×3) + 13 times, + (cstr.) Nu 15:6 + 4 times, + שְׁלִשִׁתֵיךְ (Ges§ 911) Ez 5:12 third part of thee; = third time 1 S 3:8; also שְׁלִישִׁיָּה Is 19:24 third (on par with other two); בַּשְּׁלֵישִׁים Ez 42:3 in the thirds, i.e. third story;—שְׁלִשִׁיָּה עֶגְלַת Is 15:5; Je 48:34, v. ע׳ p. 722.—שְׁלִישִׁתָה Ez 21:19 is corrupt; Krae proposes וְשֻׁלְּשָׁה the sword shall be doubled and trebled; other conj. in Co Toy. 1 S 20:5 del. הַשּׁ׳ 𝔊 We Dr al., so v 12 2 S 23:18 read הַשְּׁלשִׁם 𝔖 We Dr al.

τρίτος [ῐ], Aeolic dialect τέρτος (see. τέρτα) η, ον, (τρεῖς) third, τοῖσι δ᾽ ἐπὶ τρίτος ἦλθε Refs 8th c.BC+; τρίτος αὐτός himself the third, i. e. with two others (see. αὐτός Refstwo drachmae and a half, Refs 4th c.BC+; compare ἡμιτάλαντο; τ. γενέσθαι to be third in a race, Refs 5th c.BC+:—the third frequently appears as completing the tale, e.g. the third and last libation was offered to Ζεὺς Σωτήρ, Διὸς σωτηρίου σπονδὴ τρίτου κρατῆρος Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, Κράτος τε καὶ Δίκη σὺν τῷ τρίτῳ.. Ζηνί Refs 4th c.BC+; τρίτην ἐπενδίδωμι (i.e. πληγήν) the third and finishing stroke, Refs; Ἐρινὺς.. αἷμα πίεται, τρίτην πόσιν, i. e. the blood of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, the first being that of the children of Thyestes, the second that of Agamemnon, Refs __II τρίτη, with or without ἡμέρα, the day after tomorrow, ἐς τρίτην ἡμέραν Refs 5th c.BC+; but ἐχθὲς καὶ τ. ἡμέραν yesterday and the day before, Refs — διὰ τρίτης two days later, Refs 4th c.BC+; but, every other day, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 with other Nouns omitted, ἡ τ. (i.e. χορδή) the third string in the heptachord, ={ἡ παραμέση}, Refs 4th c.BC+ —ἡ τ. (i.e. πληγή) the third blow, see above 1:—ἡ τ. (i.e. μερίς) the third part of a coin or weight, Refs 3rd c.BC+; third of a stater, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __III τρίτον as adverb, thirdly, Refs 5th c.BC+; a third time, Refs 5th c.BC+; πρῶτον μὲν.., δεύτερον δὲ.., τ. δὲ.. Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦτο τ. this third time, LXX+NT+8th c.BC+in the third place, Refs 5th c.BC+ (but = the third time, NT+5th c.BC+:—regular adverb τρίτως in the third degree, Refs __III.2 τρίτον thrice, Refs 5th c.BC+ __IV τὸ τ. μέρος LXX+5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ τῷ τ. at the third signal, Refs 5th c.BC+ __V τρίτα, τά, __V.1 (i.e. ἱερά) a sacrifice offered the third day after the funeral, Refs 5th c.BC+ __V.2 τὰ τρίτα λέγειν τινί play the third part (like τριταγωνιστεῖν τινι), Refs 4th c.BC+ __V.3 πρῶτα δραμεῖν καὶ δεύτερα καὶ τ. win.. third place in the race, Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Sanskrit trlīyas, Latin terlius, etc.)

† [תְּלַת] n.[m.] a third part (so 𝔗 תֻּלְתָּא, תַּלְתָּא, Syriac ܬܽܘܠܬܳܐ, Nab. תלת SAC 121, Arabic ثُلُثٌ, ثُلْثٌ, Assyrian šulultu (= šuluštu) MeissnSuppl. 95, cf. DlWB; v. also M88 Dr Dn 5:7);—emph. תַּלְתָּא adv. as one of three Dn 5:16, 29 (Bev the third day, every three days, v. So in M 88).

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‡ † תַּלְתִּי adj. denom. (only Biblical Aramaic) as subst. third (ruler), i.e. triumvir (M 89*), cf. foregoing, which possibly is abnormal form of same (K§ 65, 1, Anm. 3), Dn 5:7.

† [תְּלִיתַי] adj. third (𝔗 תְּלִיתַי, Syriac ܬܠܻܝܬܳܝ );—f. תְּלִיתָיָא Kt, -תָאָה Qr (K§ 11, 1 b)) Dn 2:39 the third kingdom.