thrice, three times, Lat. ter, Hom., etc.; τρὶς τόσος thrice as much or many, Il., etc.; ἐς τρίς up to three times, even thrice, Hdt., attic: —used to add force to a word in compds., such as τρισάθλιος, τρίσμακαρ, like Lat. ter beatus, thrice blest: — proverb., τρὶς ἓξ βάλλειν to throw thrice six, i. e. the highest throw (there being three dice), Aesch.
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