ter adv. num.
cf. Gr. τρίς, tres,
three times, thrice
: in anno: is de se ter sortibus consultum dicebat,
Cs.: ter aevo functus senex,
H.—With numerals: ter quattuor corpora, Enn. ap. C.:
Terni ter cyathi, H.: ter
centum regnabitur annos, V.: ter denas
vaccas Accipit, O.—
Thrice, repeatedly, again and again
: Ter sese attollens, V.: Ter si resurgat murus aëneus, ter pereat meis Excisus
Argivis, H.—In phrases with
bis or quater
, of indefinite repetition,
two or three times, thrice or four times, often
: bis terque: Terque quaterque,
V.—With
adjj., thrice, very, exceedingly
: Felices ter et amplius, quos, etc.,
H.: o terque quaterque beati!
V.: qui ter amplum Geryonen Compescit,
trebly vast
, H.
