trini

trīni ( terni ), ae, a, num. distr. adj. [tres], three each, three.

I.

Lit.:

ipse cum tribus legionibus circum Samorabrivam trinis hibernis hiemare constituit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 53:

trina sacrificia in die,

Suet. Ner. 56:

castra,

Caes. B. G. 7, 46; Liv. 9, 43, 6:

litterae,

Cic. Att. 11, 17, 1; cf. Varr. L. L. 10, § 67 Müll.—

II.

Transf., threefold, triple, = triplex:

trinis catenis vinctus,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53:

subsidia, Auct. B. Alex. 37, 3: soles,

Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:

lunae,

id. ib.:

nomina,

Ov. F. 6, 216:

trina bella civilia, plura externa,

Tac. H. 1, 2:

miles Vitellianus trinis et ipse praesidiis occurrit,

id. ib. 3, 82:

capita (Cerberi),

Sen. Herc. Fur. 783.—

B.

Sing.: trīnus, a, um, adj., three, triple, three each:

cantus trino conficitur versu,

Plin. 10, 35, 52, § 106:

trino relicto praesidio, Auct. B. Afr. 80, 2: forum,

Stat. S. 4, 9, 15:

genus interdictorum,

Aus. Idyll. 11, 63; 11, 66.—

2.

Mostly in phrase, trinum nundinum, the time of three nundinae or market-days; v. nundinus, III.—By the lex Caecilia et Didia, B. C. 98, that a promulgatio trinum nundinum, or a putting up in public for at least seventeen days, should be made of any proposed law before taking a vote on it, Cic. Dom. 16, 41; id. Phil. 5, 3, 8.