τρίς
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Cardinal: τρεῖς (treîs) Ordinal: τρῐ́τος (trítos) Adverbial: τρῐ́ς (trís) Collective: τρῐᾰ́ς (triás) |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *trís, from Proto-Indo-European *trís; related to τρεῖς (treîs, “three”). Cognates include Sanskrit त्रिस् (trís) and Latin ter.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /trís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /tris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /tris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /tris/
Numeral
[edit]τρῐ́ς • (trís) (cardinal τρεῖς, ordinal τρῐ́τος)
- (adverbial) thrice, three times
- frequently also used as a mere intensifier, without numerical signification
Usage notes
[edit]- This adverb is long by position before ϝέτεος (wéteos) in line 173 of Hesiod’s Works and Days.
Derived terms
[edit]- τρῐ- (tri-)
- τρῐσᾰ́γῐον (triságion)
- τρῐσᾱ́θλῐος (trisā́thlios)
- τρῐ̀ς ἓξ βᾰ́λλω (trìs hèx bállō)
References
[edit]- “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.
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- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 1-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek numerals
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