Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tressis m (genitive tressis); third declension

  1. a coin worth three asses
  2. a trifle

Declension edit

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

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 edit

  • 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.