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τριπλάσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τριπλάσιος τριπλάσιᾱ τριπλάσιον

Structure: τριπλασι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. thrice as many, thrice as much, thrice as great as
  2. thrice as much

Examples

  • καίτοι πῶσ οὐ δεινόν, εἰ ἕτεροι μὲν οἶκοι ταλαντιαῖοι καὶ διτάλαντοι καταλειφθέντεσ ἐκ τοῦ μισθωθῆναι διπλάσιοι καὶ τριπλάσιοι γεγόνασιν, ὥστ’ ἀξιοῦσθαι λῃτουργεῖν, ὁ δ’ ἐμὸσ τριηραρχεῖν εἰθισμένοσ καὶ μεγάλασ εἰσφορὰσ εἰσφέρειν μηδὲ μικρὰσ δυνήσεται διὰ τὰσ τούτων ἀναισχυντίασ; (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 85:1)

Synonyms

  1. thrice as many

  2. thrice as much

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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