trīmus — Lewis & Short
trīmus, a, um, adj.tres,
I of three years, three years old:
filia, trima quae periit mihi,Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 39; cf.:
utrumne in pulvere, trimus, Quale prius ludas opus,when a child of three years, Hor. S. 2, 3, 251:
vaccae,Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 13:
vaccae aetatis trimae,Pall. Mart. 11, 5:
equulus,Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 13:
equa,Hor. C. 3, 11, 9:
arbor,Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 83:
semen,id. 18, 24, 54, § 195:
calx,id. 36, 23, 55, § 176.—In law: dies, a term of three years:
si ita sit legatum, heres meus Titio decem trimā die dato, utrum pensionibus an vero post triennium debeatur?Dig. 33, 1, 3, § 5 sq.; cf. ib. prooem.;
hence: melius post trimum domatur equulus,Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 13:
capri ante trimos minus utiliter generant,Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 200.