Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

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.Pax1181 (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 (ϝ）έτεος.] (I.-E. tris, cf. Skt. tris, Lat. ter.）