LogeionPerseus analysis of τρίς:
τρίς (thrice, three times): indeclform (adverb)
LSJ entry
τρίς
τρίς,
Adv. of τρεῖς (q. v.), 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. [
ῐ:
in Hes. Op. 173 long by position before (
ϝ)
έτεος.]
(I.-E. tris, cf. Skt. tris, Lat. ter.)