ter

ter

From earlier terr, from Old Latin *tris, from Proto-Italic *tris, from Proto-Indo-European *trís.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ter/, [t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ter/, [t̪ɛr]

Adverb

ter (not comparable)

1. three, thrice, three times [ quotations ▼]

Usage notes

• Ter is a prefix or suffix designating the third instance of a thing, thus following bis (“second”) and preceding quater (“fourth”).

Derived terms

• ternus (distributive numeral)
• teruncius

References

• “ter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[4], London: Macmillan and Co.