τριάς

άδος, ἡ

τρεῖς

θεός—ἄγγελος—ἄνθρωπος παθητός

A. the number three, triad, Ion Hist.12 note, Pl. Phd. 104a, al.; on its significance in the Pythag. philosophy, v. Arist. Cael. 268a13, Metaph. 1081a34, b12; τρισσὴν . . ἐτέων τριάδα (sc. γεγονώς), i. e. nine years old, Syria 5.338 (Sidon); τ. ἡ ἀκατονόμαστος, of the mystical Man from heaven (θεός—ἄγγελος—ἄνθρωπος παθητός), Zos.Alch.p.230 B.
2. ἡ τ. group of three days, τελευτᾷ ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ τ. Thphr. Vent. 49; the third day, Ph. 1.13.
3. system of three strophes, Heph.p.61C.
4. ἡ ἁγία T. the holy Trinity, Cod. Just. 1.1.5.2, etc.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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