adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
multiplex
multiplex (genitive multiplicis, adverb multipliciter)
Classical[ˈmʊɫ.tɪ.pɫɛks]Ecclesiastical[ˈmul.ti.pleks]
Meaning
- one terminationhaving many folds
- one terminationmanifold, numerous
- one terminationcomplex
- one terminationmultiple
Multiplex numerus est, qui habet in se minorem numerum bis, aut ter, aut quater, aut multipliciter
A multiple number has a smaller number within itself twice, or thrice, or four times, or many times.Isidore of Seville, Etymologies 3.6.5
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
multās partēs habēnsmultiplex -icis — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 9 and IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 4
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | multiplex | multiplex | multiplex |
| genitive | multiplicis | multiplicis | multiplicis |
| dative | multiplicī | multiplicī | multiplicī |
| accusative | multiplicem | multiplicem | multiplex |
| ablative | multiplicī multiplice | multiplicī multiplice | multiplicī multiplice |
| vocative | multiplex | multiplex | multiplex |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | multiplicēs | multiplicēs | multiplicia |
| genitive | multiplicium | multiplicium | multiplicium |
| dative | multiplicibus | multiplicibus | multiplicibus |
| accusative | multiplicīs multiplicēs | multiplicīs multiplicēs | multiplicia |
| ablative | multiplicibus | multiplicibus | multiplicibus |
| vocative | multiplicēs | multiplicēs | multiplicia |
multĭ-plex, ĭcis, adj. multus-* plica (multīplex, Lucr. 2, 163; 4, 208; n. plur. multiplica, Gell. 19, 7, 16),
I. that has many folds (class.).
II. Transf.
A. That has many windings or concealed places:
vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico, Cic. Sen. 15, 52: domus, the labyrinth, Ov. M. 8, 158.—B. In implied comparisons, manifold, many times as great, far more:
id efficiebat multiplex gaudium rei, Liv. 7, 8, 1: multiplex caedes utrimque facta traditur ab aliis, i. e. far greater than I state it, id. 22, 7, 3: praeda, id. 2, 64, 4.— C. That has many parts, manifold, many, numerous, various:
lorica, Verg. A. 5, 264: cortex, Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126: fetus, Cic. N. D. 2, 51: folia, Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58.—Extensive, large, wide, spacious: spatium loci, Lucr. 2, 163: domus, Sen. Hippol. 523: aerumna, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3: potestates verborum, Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67: genus orationis, Cic. Brut. 31, 119: multiplices variique sermones, id. Or. 3: large multiplici constructae sunt dape mensae, of many courses or dishes, Cat. 64, 304: multiplex et tortuosum ingenium, i. e. inconstant, changeable. fickle, Cic. Lael. 18, 65: animus, id. ib. 25, 92: natura, id. Cael. 6, 14: vir multiplex in virtutibus, Vell. 2, 105, 2: ingenium, dexterous, sly, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 2.—Poet.: multiplex avis, rich in ancestors, Sil. 5, 543.—Hence, adv.: multĭplĭcĭter, in manifold or various ways (mostly post-Aug.): multipliciter fatigari, Sall. Or. 2 ad Caes.: locum intueri, Quint. 7, 4, 22: varie et multipliciter, id. 1, 6, 32: tam saepe ac tam multipliciter, Gell. 14, 1, 21.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
multiplex icis, adj.
multus+PARC-, with many folds, much-winding : alvus.— With many windings, full of concealed places : vitis serpens multiplici lapsu: domus, the labyrinth , O.— Manifold, many times as great, far more : multiplex caedes utrimque facta, is exaggerated , L.: multiplici captā praediā, L.: multiplex quam pro numero damnum est, L.—As subst n. : multiplex accipere, many times as much , L.— Of many parts, manifold, many : lorica, V.: fetūs: multiplici constructae dape mensae, Ct.—Fig., varied, complicated : res: sermones.— Changeable, versatile, inexplicable : ingenium: natura.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.? Latin -plex Latin multiplex From multi- + -plex.
Descendants
- Catalanmúltiplex
- Frenchmultiplex
- Italianmultiplex
- Portuguesemultíplex
- Spanishmultíplice
- Englishmultiplex
- Galicianmultíplice
- Galicianmúltiplex
- Dutchmultiplex
In English words that came into English from multiplex
- multiplexmultiplex