τρίχα

• in three parts or ways, διὰ τ. κοσμηθέντες Il. 2.655; τ. σφισὶν ἥνδανε βουλή Od. 8.506; c. gen., τ. νυκτὸς ἔην ‘twas in the third watch of the night, 12.312, 14.483; τ. σχίσαι τι Hdt. 4.67; διὰ γαῖαν τ. δασσάμενοι Pi. O. 7.75; τ. διῄρηται Arist. HA 503a27; cf. τριχθά; the common Prose form is τριχῆ (q. v.).

[τρι-, τρεῖς.]

• • 1

    Into three bodies : διὰ τ. κοσμηθέντες Il. 2.655 : Od. 9.157.

  • 2

    In three ways : τ. σφισὶν ἥνδανε βουλή (three courses were before them) Od. 8.506.

  • 3

    At the third stage : ἦμος (ὅτε) τ. νυκτὸς ἔην (when it had come to the third part in respect of the night, when it was in the third watch of the night) Od. 12.312, Od. 14.483.

• 1in three parts διὰ γαῖαν τρίχα δασσάμενοι O. 7.75 ]αν τριχα fr. 140a. 15.

• threefold, in three parts, Lat. trifariam, Hom.; c. gen., τρ. νυκτὸς ἔην ʼtwas in the third watch of the night, Od.; τρίχα σχίζειν τι Hdt.