1. tĕr — Lewis & Short
tĕr, adv. num.Sanscr. tris; Gr. tri/s; cf. tres,
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.—
B Esp., with adjj., to denote a high degree:
felices ter et amplius, quos, etc.,Hor. C. 1, 13, 17:
o ego ter felix, si, etc.,thrice happy, thrice fortunate, Ov. M. 8, 51:
o terque quaterque beati!Verg. A. 1, 94:
o mihi felicem terque quaterque diem,Tib. 3, 3, 26.