tressis

== Latin == === Etymology === From tri- (“three”) +‎ as (“a Roman coin of low value”) (stem ass-). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɛs.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtrɛs.sis] === Noun === tressis m (genitive tressis); third declension a coin worth three asses a trifle ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī). === References === “tressis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tressis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.