I.three times, thrice.
I. Lit.: ter sub armis malim vitam cernere, quam semel modo parere, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 81 Müll. (Trag. v. 297 Vahl.): “haec rude misceto ter in die,” Cato, R. R. 104, 2: “ter in anno,” Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 9: “ter in anno audire nuntium,” Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 132: “ter aut quater die perfricari,” Cels. 4, 12: “is de se ter sortibus consultum dicebat,” Caes. B. G. 1, 53: “ter aevo functus senex (Nestor),” Hor. C. 2, 9, 13; cf.: “ter amplus Geryon,” tripleheaded, id. ib. 2, 14, 7: “pepulisse Ter pede terram,” id. ib. 3, 18, 16; 4, 1, 28; id. S. 1, 10, 43: “ter consul,” Plin. Pan. 80: “ter in annum tesseras dare,” Suet. Aug. 40 et saep.—With numerals: ter quattuor corpora, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 108 (Ann. v. 96 Vahl.): “ter quinquagenos sues habere,” Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 22; cf.: “terni ter cyathi,” Hor. C. 3, 19, 14; and: “ter centena epigrammata,” Mart. 2, 1, 1: “ter centum milibus,” Hor. S. 2, 3, 116; so, “ter centum (by many written as one word, tercentum),” Verg. A. 1, 272; Ov. M. 14, 146: “ter denis redeuntibus annis,” Verg. A. 8, 47: “ter denas vaccas Accipit,” Ov. F. 4, 635: “ter deno bove,” Sil. 15, 259: “ter et viciens volneratus est,” Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104.—
II. Transf., in gen., for an indefinite number, = often or repeatedly: “ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit: Ter revoluta toro est,” Verg. A. 4, 690: ter si resurgat murus aëneus, ter pereat meis Excisus Argivis; “ter uxor Capta virum puerosque ploret,” Hor. C. 3, 3, 65 sq.: “Aeneam magnā ter voce vocavit,” Verg. A. 10, 873; 1, 116; 3, 421; Hor. C. 2, 17, 26 al.: “ter tanto pejor ipsa est,” Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 73: “ludos apparat ... stulte bis terque,” Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 6; so, “bis terque,” Hor. Epod. 5, 33; id. A. P. 358; 440; Ov. M. 4, 517 al.: “bisque terque,” Mart. 4, 82, 3: “terque quaterque manu pectus percussit,” Verg. A. 12, 155; so, “terque quaterque,” id. G. 2, 399: “ter et quater,” Hor. C. 1, 31, 13.—
