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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *trís, from Proto-Indo-European *trís; related to τρεῖς (treîs, “three”). Cognates include Sanskrit त्रिस् (trís) and Latin ter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trís/ → /tris/ → /tris/
Numeral
τρῐ́ς • (trís) (cardinal τρεῖς, ordinal τρῐ́τος)
- (adverbial) thrice, three times
- frequently also used as a mere intensifier, without numerical signification
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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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.