trilix
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
Latin > English
trilix (gen.), trilicis ADJ :: having triple thread
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
trĭlix: īcis, adj. (nom. trilicis, Isid. 19, 22, 23) [ter-licium,
I woven with three sets of leashes, triple-twilled: tunicae, Mart. 14, 143, 1; Arn. 3, 112: lorica auro, Verg. A. 3, 467 (trino nexu intexta, Serv.): crates, Val. Fl. 3, 199.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
trĭlīx,¹⁴ īcis (tres, licium), adj., tissu de trois fils : Mart. 14, 143, 1 || qui a un triple tissu : Virg. En. 3, 468.
Latin > German (Georges)
trilīx, īcis (tres u. licium), dreifädig, dreidrähtig, loricam consertam hamis auroque trilicem, Verg. Aen. 3, 468: trilicem induerat thoraca, Prud. psych. 125: per partem trilicem, Val. Flacc. 3, 199: Patavinae (tunicae) trilices, Mart. 14, 143, 1: u. so tunicae trilices, Arnob. 3, 21. – / Nom. trilex = τρίμιτος, Gloss. II, 202, 7; aber trilicis, Isid. orig. 19, 22, 23.
