τρεῖς treis · G5140

τρεῖς, οἱ, αἱ, τρία, τά: ; genitive τριῶν: dative τρισί, also τριοῖσι []; Aeolic dialect τρίσσι [] (written τρες []: Doric dialect nominative τρέες []; τρῖς []; τρῖς []:—three, []; τρία ἔπεα three words, proverbial in []—for from the earliest times three was a sacred and lucky number, especially with the Pythagoreans (compare τριάς), []; εἰ καὶ τῶν τριῶν ἓν οἴσομαι[] —διὰ τριῶν ἀπόλλυμαι I am thrice, i. e. utterly, undone, []; ἡ διὰ τριῶν ἀγωγή the 'trivium', []by threes, [] stem tr[icaron]-, …