ter

tĕr, adv. num. [Sanscr. tris; Gr. tris; cf. tres], 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.