LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

trīciēs

trīciēs (not comparable)

Meaning

  1. not comparablethirty times

trīcĭes, trīcĭens (also trīcĕsĭes, Auct. B. Afr. 97, 2 twice: trīgĭes, Mart. Cap. 7, § 737), adv. num. triginta,
I. thirty times: (pedes) tricies triceni fiunt nongenti, Col. 5, 2, 10: tricies centenis millibus pondo olei eos multat, Auct. B. Afr. 97, 3: mea (filia) triciens (aeris millies) non posset (habere), i. e. three millions of sesterces, Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95; id. Fragm. Fontei. § 4; Mart. 4, 37, 4; 5, 40, 1.

Origins

From an earlier form of trīgintā (“thirty”) + -iēs. Compare Ancient Greek τριάκοντα (triákonta) and Sanskrit त्रिंशत् (triṃśát), from Proto-Indo-European *tri(d)ḱomt (“thirty”).

In English words that came into English from trīciēs

  • tricennialtrīcennium
  • tricennaliatrīcennālia

Quick answers

What does trīciēs mean in Latin?
trīciēs, a adverb, means “thirty times”.