Anc. Gr. Mus. [a. Gr. τρίτη, fem. of τρίτος third (sc. χορδή string).] Name of the third string or note (counting from the highest) in each of the higher tetrachords.
1603. Holland, Plutarch, Explan. Words, Trite Diezeugmenon, The third of disjuncts, a string or note in the scale of musicke C sol fa ut. Trite Hyperbolæon, A treble string; the third of Exceeding or treble; F fa ut. Trite Synemmenon, or Syzeugmenon, The third of the Conjuncts, a string or note in musicke, B fa, B mi in rule.
1776. Burney, Hist. Mus. (1789), I. i. 16. Trite, the third string from the top of the two last tetrachords.
1807. in Busby, Dict. Mus.
