"ter" meaning in Latin

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Adverb

IPA: /ter/ [Classical], [t̪ɛr] [Classical], /ter/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [t̪ɛr] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From earlier terr, from Old Latin *tris, from Proto-Italic *tris, from Proto-Indo-European *trís. Etymology templates: {{m|la|terr}} terr, {{inh|la|itc-ola|*tris}} Old Latin *tris, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*tris}} Proto-Italic *tris, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*trís}} Proto-Indo-European *trís Head templates: {{la-adv|ter|-}} ter (not comparable)
  1. three, thrice, three times Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Three Derived forms: ternus [distributive, numeral], teruncius
    Sense id: en-ter-la-adv-4gBT8xJ2 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for ter meaning in Latin (2.4kB)

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  "etymology_text": "From earlier terr, from Old Latin *tris, from Proto-Italic *tris, from Proto-Indo-European *trís.",
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        },
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        }
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        {
          "english": "Lifting herself three times, [Dido] had tried to raise upon her elbow, and thrice she had rolled back upon the bed ….",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.690-691",
          "roman": "ter revolūta torō est ….",
          "text": "Ter sēsē attollēns cubitōque adnīxa levāvit,"
        },
        {
          "english": "“Thrice I wanted to promise help, thrice [my] tongue was stayed:\nthe anger of mighty Jupiter was the reason for [my] fear.”\n(The poetic voice is that of Flora.)",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.247–248",
          "roman": "īra Iovis magnī causa timōris erat’",
          "text": "‘ter voluī prōmittere opem, ter lingua retenta est:"
        },
        {
          "english": "Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has been elected as the president of Iceland for a third time.",
          "ref": "2004, Ephemeris",
          "text": "Olafur Ragnar Grimsson ter iam primarius minister Islandiae electus est.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ter/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Old Latin",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
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          "english": "Lifting herself three times, [Dido] had tried to raise upon her elbow, and thrice she had rolled back upon the bed ….",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.690-691",
          "roman": "ter revolūta torō est ….",
          "text": "Ter sēsē attollēns cubitōque adnīxa levāvit,"
        },
        {
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          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.247–248",
          "roman": "īra Iovis magnī causa timōris erat’",
          "text": "‘ter voluī prōmittere opem, ter lingua retenta est:"
        },
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          "english": "Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has been elected as the president of Iceland for a third time.",
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        "Classical"
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      "ipa": "/ter/",
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      "ipa": "[t̪ɛr]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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