Ancient Greek

Numeral

τρῐ́ς • ‎(trís) ‎(cardinal τρεῖς, ordinal τρῐ́τος)

1. (adverbial) thrice, three times
   1. frequently also used as a mere intensifier, without numerical signification

Usage notes

• This adverb is long by position before ϝέτεος ‎(wéteos) in line 173 of Hesiod’s Works and Days.

Derived terms

• τρῐ- ‎(tri-)
• τρῐσᾱ́θλῐος ‎(trisā́thlios)
• τρῐ̀ς ἓξ βᾰ́λλω ‎(trìs hèx bállō)

References

• τρίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τρίς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τρίς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «τρίς» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «τρίς» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• τρίς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G5151”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • three idem, page 869.
  • thrice idem, page 870.
  • time idem, page 875.
  • trebly idem, page 892.
  • triply idem, page 895.