Chapter Treves to Tripos of T by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

they bore no hostility to the king. The first flag of the Republicans was green. The tricolour was adopted July 11th, when the people were disgusted with the king for dismissing Necker.

“If you will wear a livery, let it at least be that of the city of Paris- blue and red.”- Dumas: Six Years Afterwards, chap. xv.

Triest'e (2 syl.). Since 1816 it has borne the title of “the most loyal of towns.”

Trigon The junction of three signs. The zodiac is partitioned into four trigons, named respectively after the four elements; the watery trigon includes Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces; the fiery, Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius; the carthy, Taurus, Virgo, and Capricornus; and the airy, Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius.

Trilogy A group of three tragedies. Everyone in Greece who took part in the poetic contest had to produce a trilogy and a satyric drama. We have only one specimen, and that is by Æschylos, embracing the Agamemnon, the Choephoræ, and the Eumenides.

Trimilki The Anglo-Saxon name for the month of May, because in that month they began to milk their kine three times a day.

Trimmer One who runs with the hare and holds with the hounds. George Savile, Marquis of Halifax, adopted the term in the reign of Charles II. to signify that he was neither an extreme Whig nor an extreme Tory. Dryden was called a trimmer, because he professed attachment to the king, but was the avowed enemy of the Duke of York.

Trinculo A jester in Shakespeare's Tempest.

Trine In astrology, a planet distant from another one-third of the circle is said to be in trine; one-fourth, it is in square; one-sixth or two signs, it is in sextile; but when one-half distant, it is said to be “opposite.”

“In sextile, square, and trine, and opposite
Of noxious efficacy.”
Milton: Paradise Lost, x. 659.

   N.B. Planets distant from each other six signs or half a circle have opposite influences, and are therefore opposed to each other.

Trinity Tertullian (160-240) introduced this word into Christian theology. The word triad is much older. Almost every mythology has a threefold deity. (See Three .)
   American Indians. Otkon, Messou, and Atahuata.
   Brahmins. Their “tri-murti” is a three-headed deity, representing Brahma (as creator), Vishnu (as preserver), and Siva (as destroyer).
   Cells. Hu, Ceridwen, and Craiwy.
   Cherusci, A three-headed god called Triglat.
   Chinese have the trible goddess Pussa.
   Druids. Taulac, Fan, and Mollac.
   Egyptians. Osiris, Isis, and Horus.
   Elousinian Mysteries. Bacchus, Persophone (4 syl.), and Demeter.
   Goths. Woden, Frigga, and Thor.
   Greece (ancient). Zeus (1 syl.), Aphrodite, and Apollo.
   Icsini of Britain. Got, Ertha, and Issus.
   Memcans. Vitzputzli, Tlaloc, and Tezcatlipoca.
   Perucians. Apomti, Chureonti, and Chemoth.
   Persians (ancient). Their “Triplasian deity” was Oromasdes, Mithras, and Arimanes.
   Phoenicious. Astaroth, Mileom, and Chemoth.
   Romans (ancient). Jupiter (divine power), Minerva (divine Logos or wisdom), and Juno (called “amor et delicium Jovis”).- Vossins: De Theologia Gentil, viii. 12. Their three chief deities were Jupiter, Neptnne, and Pluto.
   Scandinavians. Odin (who gave the breath of life), Hænir (who gave sense and motion), and Lodur (who gave blood, colour, speech, sight, an hearing).
   Tyrians. Belus, Venus, and Tamuz, etc.
    Orpheus (2 syl.). His triad was Phanes, Uranos, and Kronos.
   Plato. His triad was To Agathon (Goodness). Nous or Eternal Wisdom (architect of the World) (see Proverbs iii. 19), and Psyche (the mundane soul).
   Pythagoras. His triad was the Monad or Unity, Nous or Wisdom, and Psyche

Trinobantes (4 syl.). Inhabitants of Middlesex and Essex, referred to in Caesar's Gallic Wars. This word, converted into Trinovantes, gave rise to the myth that the people referred to came from Troy.

Trinoda Necessitas The three contributions to which all lands were subject in Anglo-Saxon times, viz.- (1) Bryge-bot, for keeping bridges and high roads in repair; (2) Burg-bot, for Fyrd, for maintaining the military and keeping fortresses in repair; and (3) naval force of the kingdom.