τρίς
tris
thrice, three times
Appears 47 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
τρίς, Adv. of τρεῖς (q. v.), A. thrice, three times, τ. τόσσα thrice as much or many, Il. 1.213, cf. 5.136; δὶς καὶ τ. 633, Aj. 433, etc.; δὶς ἢ τ. Pax 1181 (troch.); τ. τετράκι τε N. 7.104; ἐς τ. thrice, O. 2.68, 1.86, 5.105, GDI iv p.884 (Erythrae, iv B. C.), 1.25, 2.43; ἐπὶ τρίς thrice, 10.16, 11.10, Eup. 2.19; freq. used merely to intensify the notion, τ. λελουμένη 102, etc.; esp. in compds., such as τρισάθλιος, τρίσμακαρ, etc., cf. τρι-, τριάζω, τρικυμία; but such words may sts. be written divisim, τρὶς ἄθλιος, etc.: prov., τ. ἓξ βαλεῖν throw thrice six (the highest throw, there being three dice), Ag. 33, cf. Lg. 968e; τρὶς ἓξ νικητήριος βόλος App. Prov. 4.99; ἢ τ. ἓξ ἢ τρεῖς κύβοι 124. [ῐ: in Op. 173 long by position before (ϝ) έτεος.] (I.-E. tris, cf. Skt. tris, Lat. ter.)
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