ἐπίτριτος

A. containing an integer and one-third (1 + 1/3), i. e. in the ratio of 4 : 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.).