τρίς,
adverb of τρεῖς (which see), thrice, three times, τ. τόσσα thrice as much or many, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.213, compare 5.136; δὶς καὶ τ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 633, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 433, etc.; δὶς ἢ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1181 (troch.); τ. τετράκι τε 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.104; ἐς τ. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]thrice, [[ [prev. author] “O.” 2.68, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86, 5.105, “GDI” iv p.884 (Erythrae, 4th c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.25, 2.43; ἐπὶ τρίς ] Refs 5th c.BC+]thrice, [[ NT.Acts.10.16, 11.10, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 2.19; frequently used merely to intensify the notion, τ. λελουμένη 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 102, etc.] NT+4th c.BC+]; especially in compounds, such as τρισάθλιος, τρίσμακαρ, etc., compare τρι-, τριάζω, τρικυμί; but such words may sometimes be written divisim, τρὶς ἄθλιος, etc.: proverbial, τ. ἓξ βαλεῖν throw thrice six (the highest throw, there being three dice), [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 33, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 968e; τρὶς ἓξ νικητήριος βόλος “App. Prov.” 4.99; ἢ τ. ἓξ ἢ τρεῖς κύβοι 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 124. [ῐ: in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 173 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] long by position before (ϝ) έτεος.] (I.-[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] tris, cf. Sanskrit tris, Latin ter.)