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τρεῖς

treis

three

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What it meant

1. τρεῖς · treis — Beekes

τρεῖς [numeral] ‘three’ (IA). “ΑΒ Aeol. (gramm.) τρῆς, Dor. τρῆς (Thera), τρέες (Gortyn), ntr. τρία, gen. τριῶν, dat. τρισί, Aeol. τρίσσι, Ion. also τριοῖσι (Hippon.), acc. τρεῖς (IA), Old Attic tpic, Dor. tpuvc (Gortyn). eDIAL On Myc. ti-ri-se-ro-e, see Morpurgo Davies 1963. “(ΟΜΡ As a first member tpt-, eg. τριήρης ‘a.trireme’; τριάκοντα, Ion. τριή- ‘thirty’; -κόσιοι, Arc. -κάσιοι, Dor. … — [Beekes, s.v. τρεῖς, p. 1553]

2. τρεῖς · treis — Chantraine

τρεῖς : ion.-att., éol. (gramm.) +pñc, dor. τρέες (Gortyne), τρῆς (Théra), aussi τρῖς (Tab. Heracl. 1, 29, etc.), gén. τριῶν, dat. τρισί, mycén. p.-ê. tirisi = τρισί (Baumbach, Οἱ. 49, 1971, 183), Delphes τρίεσσι, éol. τρίσσι, chez Hippon. 79 M, innovation thématique τρίοισι, acc. τρεῖς (ion.-att.), mais en v. attique τρῖς (16 Fr, 838, vie 8. av.), aussi à Delphes et à Cyrène, crétois τρέινς (Leg. Gort. 5, 54, … — [Chantraine, s.v. τρεῖς, p. 1150]

3. τρεῖς · treis — Frisk

τρεῖς (ion. att.), äol. (Gramm.) τρῆς, dor. τρῆς (Thera), τρέες (Gortyn), ἢ. τρία, Gen. τριῶν, Dat. τρισέ, äol. τρέσσι, ion. auch τριοῖσι (Hippon.), Akk. τρεῖς (ion. att.), altatt. usw. reis, dor. teuvc (Gortyn) ‘drei’. Als Vorderglied reı-, z.B. τρι-ἤρης (s. ἐρέτης), daneben τριἄ-κοντα, ion. τριή- » ‘dreißig’ mit -κόσιοι, ark. -κάσιοι, dor. -κάτιοε “dreihundert’ (Erklärung strittig, 5. Szemerenyi Numerals 16f., … — [Frisk, s.v. τρεῖς, p. 1893]

4. τρεῖς · treis — Frisk

τρεῖς. Myk. ti-ri-jo-we u.a. — Zu τριγέρων μῦϑος (A. Ch. 314) ‘dreifach, d.h. drei Generationen alter Mythos’ Clay Hermes 97 (1967) 1ff. — Für äol. τέρτατος bei Pi. (codd. τετρ-) P. v.d. Mühll Mus. Helv. 21 (1964) 50f. rperw. Gegen Heranziehung von turpis Monteil Beau et laid en latin 263. Für Anschluß an lat. torqueö Pisani Paideia 25 (1970) 334. — [Frisk, s.v. τρεῖς, p. 2311]

5. τρεῖς · treis — LSJ

three, three, three, thrice, utterly, by threes

three, Il. 15.187, etc.; τρία ἔπεα three words, prov. in Pi. N. 7.48,—for from the earliest times three was a sacred and lucky number, esp. with the Pythagoreans (cf. τριάς), Arist. Cael. 268a11; so τῶν τριῶν μίαν λαβεῖν εὔσοιαν S. Fr. 122; εἰ καὶ τῶν τριῶν ἓν οἴσομαι ib. 908; cf. σωτήρ I.2:—διὰ τριῶν ἀπόλλυμαι I am thrice, i.e. utterly, undone, E. Or. 434 (cf. τριάζω) ; ἡ διὰ τριῶν ἀγωγή the ‘trivium’, Simp. in Ph. 1171.34; ἵνα δήσῃ τρία τρία by threes, POxy. 121.19 (iii A. D.). (I.-E. stem trǐ

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τρεῖς (scan p. 1553; entry #6143).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τρεῖς (scan p. 1150; entry #8109). Root candidates: *ler-.
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τρεῖς (scan pp. 1893-1894; entry #5736).

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