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triplex

triplex

triple, threefold

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 84 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. triplex — de Vaan

triplex 'triple, threefold' (PL+), quadruplex 'multiplied by four' (P1.+), quadruplicare 'to quadruple' (P1.+), decemplex 'tenfold' (Varro*), decemplicare 'to multiply by ten' (Varro), centu(m)plex 'hundredfold' (PL), multiplex^ 'many together, consisting of many5 (P1.+). Pit *-plek-s. It, cognates: maybe U. tuplak [acc.sg.n,] ' ? \ PIE *dui-plJc- twofold'. IE cognates: Gr, δίπλαξ, -κος "in two layers, double'; … — [de Vaan, s.v. triplex, p. 487]

2. trī^plex — Lewis & Short

trī^plex, ĭcis (

abl. regularly triplici;
I triplice, Prud. Apoth. 383; Ven. Carm. 7, 4, 12), adj. ter-plico, threefold, triple.
I Lit.
A Adj.: Plato triplicem finxit animum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20: philosophandi ratio triplex, id. Ac. 1, 5, 19: nec me pastoris Iberi Forma triplex, nec forma triplex tua, Cerbere, movit, Ov M. 9, 185: cuspis, i. e. Neptune's trident, id. ib. 12, 594: mundus (because made up of sky, land, and sea), id. ib. 12, 40: regnum (because shared among Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto), id. ib. 5, 368: vultus Dianae (because also Luna and Hecate; v. triceps and triformis), id. H. 12, 79: triplicem aciem instruere, to draw up an army in three lines or columns, to form a triple line, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; so, acies, id. ib. 1, 51; id. B. C. 1, 41; 1, 83 al.; cf. comically: paravi copias duplices, triplices dolos. perfidias, Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 5: vallus, Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3: murus, Verg. A. 6, 549; Ov. F. 3, 801: aes, Verg. A. 10, 784; Hor. C. 1, 3, 9: triplici stant ordine dentes, Ov. M. 3, 34 et saep. — Poet., of three like persons or things belonging together: triplices Sorores, the three sisters, i. e. the Fates, Ov. M. 8, 452; called triplices deae, id. ib. 2, 654; cf.: quae ratum triplici pollice netis opus, i. e. the finger of the three Fates, id. Ib. 76: poenarum deae triplices, i. e. the Furies, id. M, 8, 481: Minyeïdes, i. e. the three daughters of Minyas, id. ib. 4, 425: greges, three bands of Bacchantes, Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; cf. gens, three clans, Verg. A. 10, 202. —
B Substt.
1 trī^plex, ĭcis, n., three times as much, a threefold portion, triple: sume tibi decies; tibi tantundem; tibi triplex, Hor. S. 2 3, 237; cf.: pediti in singulos dati centeni (denarii), duplex centurioni, triplex equiti, Liv. 45, 40, 5; 45, 43, 7: olei veteris triplex adicitur, Scrib. Comp. 218. —
2 trī^plĭces, ĭum, m. (sc. codicilli), a writing-tablet with three leaves, Cic. Att. 13, 8, 1; Mart. 7, 72, 2; 10, 87, 6; 14, 6, 1.—*
II Transf., very great or strong: triplici fluctu, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 116 (id. H. 4, 23 Dietsch). — Adv.: trĭplĭcĭ-ter, in a threefold manner, in three ways: commutare, Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54: l littera tripliciter sonat, Mart. Cap. 3, 54.

3. triplex — Walde–Hofmann

triplex, -icis „dreifach“ (seit Plt.; vgl. triplico seit Mamll., zriplicätiö seit Dig. und oben II 323). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. triplex, p. 1576]

In the wild

6 of 205 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. triplex (scan pp. 487-488; entry #1355). Root candidates: *plek-.
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. triplex (scan p. 1576; entry #2969).

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