τρίς
Etym. adverb of τρεῖς
"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.