τρίς

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 γ’
3
4  → 
    Cardinal: τρεῖς (treîs)
    Ordinal: τρῐ́τος (trĭ́tos)
    Adverbial: τρῐ́ς (trĭ́s)
    Collective: τρῐᾰ́ς (trĭắs)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *trís, from Proto-Indo-European *trís; related to τρεῖς (treîs, three).[1] Cognates include Sanskrit त्रिस् (trís) and Latin ter.

Pronunciation

 

Numeral

τρῐ́ς • (trĭ́s) (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

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “τρεῖς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1502:DER > 1. τρίς

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