(adverb) : tĕr, Sanscr. tris; Gr. τρίς; cf. tres
* Three times, thrice.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.