τρίς

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers ^(edit)

	30
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Cardinal: τρεῖς (treîs)     Ordinal: τρῐ́τος (trítos)     Adverbial: τρῐ́ς (trís)     Collective: τρῐᾰ́ς (triás)

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/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tris/

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-)
• τρῐσᾰ́γῐον (triságion)
• 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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], 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.