Etymology

tris legomenon

Today it means: A word occurring only three times in a given corpus. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τρὶς λεγόμενον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτρὶς λεγόμενον“(something) said only three times”
  2. English todaytris 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).

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