τρίς

A. thrice, three times, τ. τόσσα thrice as much or many, Il. 1.213, cf. 5.136; δὶς καὶ τ. Thgn. 633, S. Aj. 433, etc.; δὶς ἢ τ. Ar. Pax 1181 (troch.); τ. τετράκι τε Pi. N. 7.104; ἐς τ. thrice, Id. O. 2.68, Hdt. 1.86, 5.105, GDI iv p.884 (Erythrae, iv B. C.), Theoc. 1.25, 2.43; ἐπὶ τρίς thrice, Act.Ap. 10.16, 11.10, Dsc. Eup. 2.19; freq. used merely to intensify the notion, τ. λελουμένη Eub. 102, etc.; esp. in compds., such as τρισάθλιος, τρίσμακαρ, etc., cf. τρι‐, τριάζω, τρικυμία; but such words may sts. be written divisim, τρὶς ἄθλιος, etc.: prov., τ. ἓξ βαλεῖν throw thrice six (the highest throw, there being three dice), A. Ag. 33, cf. Pl. Lg. 968e; τρὶς ἓξ νικητήριος βόλος App. Prov. 4.99; ἢ τ. ἓξ ἢ τρεῖς κύβοι Pherecr. 124. [ι: in Hes. Op. 173 long by position before (v)έτεος.] (I.-E. tris, cf. Skt. tris, Lat. ter.)