τρισσός
Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.
English (LSJ)
ή, όν; Att. τριττός Pl.Lg.782d, etc.; Ion. τριξός (q. v.): (τρίς):—
A threefold, Hes.Fr.191, E.Fr.285.3, etc.; τρισσὸν ζεῦγος τρισσῶν (sed leg. τριῶν) θεῶν Id.Tr.924; πρᾶσις τ. γραφεῖσα POxy.1208.24 (iii A. D.):—Adv. -ῶς Thphr. ap. D.H.Lys.14, LXXPr.22.20, al., AP 12.123. II in pl., = τρεῖς, Pi.P.8.80, S.OT164 (lyr.), OC479, E.Hec.645 (lyr.), Pl.R.504a. III = τρίτος, IG12(2).129.8 (Mytil.). IV τρισσοί, = shields, misrendering of Hebr. šelātî through confusion with šālōš 'three', LXX4 Ki.11.10. V literal rendering of Hebr. šālīš 'measure containing third part (of unknown unit)', Aq.Is.40.12.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τρισσός: ή, όν· νεώτερ. Ἀττ. τριττὸς (Πλάτ. Νόμ. 782D)· Ἰων. τριξὸς (ὃ ἴδε), πρβλ. διξός· (τρίς)· - τριπλοῦς, Λατ. triplex, Ἡσ. Ἀποσπ. 68. 2, Εὐρ. κλπ.· τρισσὸν ζεῦγος τρισσῶν θεῶν ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Τρῳ. 924. - Ἐπίρρ. -ῶς, Ἀνθ. Π. 12. 123, Διον. Ἁλ., κλπ. ΙΙ. ἐν τῷ πληθ., = τρεῖς, Πινδ. Π. 8. 115, Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 164, Ο. Κ. 479, Πλάτ. Πολ. 504Α, κλπ.· πρβλ. τριφάσιος.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ή, όν :
1 triple;
2 au plur. trois ; adv. • τρισσά triplement.
Étymologie: τρίς ; cf. τριξός.
