English Explanatory Dictionary

tris legomenon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A word occurring only three times in a given corpus.

Word forms

tris legomenon tris legomena

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *trís Proto-Hellenic *trís Ancient Greek τρῐ́ς (trĭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *légō Ancient Greek λεγόμενον (legómenon) Ancient Greek τρῐ́ς λεγόμενον (trĭ́s legómenon)bor. English tris legomenon From Ancient Greek τρὶς λεγόμενον (trìs legómenon, “(something) said only three times”), from τρίς (trís, “three times”) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō).

Related words

dis legomenon hapax legomenon tetrakis legomenon
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