adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
septemplex
septemplex (genitive septemplicis, adverb septempliciter)
Classical[sɛpˈtɛm.pɫɛks]Ecclesiastical[sepˈtɛm.pleks]
Meaning
- one terminationsevenfold, possessing seven parts
volat atri turbinis instar / exitium dirum hasta ferens orasque recludit / loricae et clipei extremos septemplicis orbis; / per medium stridens transit femur.
Like a black whirlwind the spear flies on, bearing fell destruction, and pierces the corslet’s rim and the sevenfold shield’s outermost circle: whizzing it passes right through the thigh.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 12.925
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | septemplex | septemplex | septemplex |
| genitive | septemplicis septimplicis, septiplicis, septuplicis | septemplicis septimplicis, septiplicis, septuplicis | septemplicis septimplicis, septiplicis, septuplicis |
| dative | septemplicī septimplicī, septiplicī, septuplicī | septemplicī septimplicī, septiplicī, septuplicī | septemplicī septimplicī, septiplicī, septuplicī |
| accusative | septemplicem septimplicem, septiplicem, septuplicem | septemplicem septimplicem, septiplicem, septuplicem | septemplex |
| ablative | septemplicī septemplice, septimplice, septimplicī, septiplice, septiplicī, septuplice, septuplicī | septemplicī septemplice, septimplice, septimplicī, septiplice, septiplicī, septuplice, septuplicī | septemplicī septemplice, septimplice, septimplicī, septiplice, septiplicī, septuplice, septuplicī |
| vocative | septemplex | septemplex | septemplex |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | septemplicēs septimplicēs, septiplicēs, septuplicēs | septemplicēs septimplicēs, septiplicēs, septuplicēs | septemplicia septimplicia, septiplicia, septuplicia |
| genitive | septemplicium septimplicium, septiplicium, septuplicium | septemplicium septimplicium, septiplicium, septuplicium | septemplicium septimplicium, septiplicium, septuplicium |
| dative | septemplicibus septimplicibus, septiplicibus, septuplicibus | septemplicibus septimplicibus, septiplicibus, septuplicibus | septemplicibus septimplicibus, septiplicibus, septuplicibus |
| accusative | septemplicīs septemplicēs, septimplicēs, septimplicīs, septiplicēs, septiplicīs, septuplicēs, septuplicīs | septemplicīs septemplicēs, septimplicēs, septimplicīs, septiplicēs, septiplicīs, septuplicēs, septuplicīs | septemplicia septimplicia, septiplicia, septuplicia |
| ablative | septemplicibus septimplicibus, septiplicibus, septuplicibus | septemplicibus septimplicibus, septiplicibus, septuplicibus | septemplicibus septimplicibus, septiplicibus, septuplicibus |
| vocative | septemplicēs septimplicēs, septiplicēs, septuplicēs | septemplicēs septimplicēs, septiplicēs, septuplicēs | septemplicia septimplicia, septiplicia, septuplicia |
septem-plex, plĭcis, adj. plico,
I. sevenfold (poet.): clipeus (consisting of layers of ox-hides, the Homer. ἑπταβόειον σάκος, Il. 7, 220 sq.), Verg. A. 12, 925; Ov. M. 13, 2 (cf. id. ib. 12, 95):
Nilus (as having seven mouths), id. ib. 5, 187 (cf. septemfluus and septemgeminus); so, Ister, Ov. Tr. 2, 189: Spiritus, Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 4, 128: Spiritus Sancti gratia, Ambros. Jac. et Vit. Beat. 2, 9, 39; Oros. 6, 2: oculi, Vulg. Ecclus. 20, 14.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
septemplex plicis, adj.
septem+PARC-, sevenfold : clipeus, i. e. of seven layers of ox-hides , V.: Nilus, i. e. with seven mouths , O.
Origins
From septem (“seven”) + -plex (“-fold”), from plicō (“to fold”).