Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἔστω γὰρ ἐν τριπλασίῳ λόγῳ τὰ σ’ ἐλάχιστοσ ὁρ́οσ τὰ δ’ ιη’ μέγιστοσ· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 16 3:3)

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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