Tricipitinus. See: [Lucretius].
Triclaria, a yearly festival celebrated by the inhabitants of three cities in Ionia, to appease the anger of Diana Triclaria, whose temple had been defiled by the adulterous commerce of Menalippus and Cometho. It was usual to sacrifice a boy and a girl, but this barbarous custom was abolished by Eurypilus. The three cities were Aroe, Messatis, and Anthea, whose united labours had erected the temple of the goddess. Pausanias, bk. 7, ch. 19.
Tricorii, a people of Gaul, now Dauphiné. Livy, bk. 21, ch. 31.
Tricorythus, a town of Attica.
Tricrēna, a place of Arcadia, where, according to some, Mercury was born. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 16.
Tridentum, a town of Cisalpine Gaul, now called Trent, and famous in history for the ecclesiastical council which sat there 18 years to regulate the affairs of the church, A.D. 1545.
Trieterīca, festivals in honour of Bacchus celebrated every three years. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 4, li. 302.
Tripānum, a place of Latium near Sinuessa. Livy, bk. 8, ch. 11.
Tripolīnus, a mountain of Campania famous for wine. Martial, bk. 13, ltr. 104.—Pliny, bk. 14, ch. 7.
Trigemĭna, one of the Roman gates, so called because the three Horatii went through it against the Curiatii. Livy, bk. 4, ch. 16; bk. 35, ch. 41; bk. 40, ch. 51.