tressis

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Latin

Etymology

From tri- (“three”) +‎ as (“a Roman coin of low value”) (stem ass-).

Pronunciation

Noun

tressis m (genitive tressis); third declension

  1. a coin worth three asses
  2. a trifle

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tressis tressēs
Genitive tressis tressium
Dative tressī tressibus
Accusative tressem
tressim 		tressēs
tressīs
Ablative tresse
tressī 		tressibus
Vocative tressis tressēs

References

  • “tressis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tressis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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