trimestris

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

trĭmestris, e, adj. [ter-mensis], of three months.

I Adj. : haedi, three months old , Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 8: spatium, Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 163: anni Arcadum, id. 7, 48, 49, § 155: consul, Suet. Caes. 80: satio, i. e. that ripens in three months , Col. 2, 4, 9: semen, id. 2, 9, 7; so, triticum, Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 69: aves, i. e. that remain with us but three months , id. 10, 25, 36, § 73: annorum caelique vices, Aus. Edyll. 11, 24. —

II Subst.: trĭme-strĭa , ĭum, n., seeds that ripen three months after sowing , Col. 2, 12, 9; 11, 2, 20; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 240.