septemplex

Latin

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Cardinal: septem     Ordinal: septimus     Adverbial: septiēs, septiēns     Proportional: septuplus     Multiplier: septemplex, septimplex, septuplex, septiplex     Distributive: septēnus     Fractional: septāns

Etymology

From septem (“seven”) +‎ -plex (“-fold”), from plicō (“to fold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sepˈtem.pleks/, [s̠ɛpˈt̪ɛmpɫ̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sepˈtem.pleks/, [sepˈt̪ɛmpleks]

Adjective

septemplex (genitive septemplicis, adverb septempliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. sevenfold, possessing seven parts

   Synonyms: septēnārius, septemgeminus

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 12.925:

     volat atri turbinis instar / exitium dirum hasta ferens orasque recludit / loricae et clipei extremos septemplicis orbis; / per medium stridens transit femur.

     • 1918 translation by H. Rushton Fairclough

       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.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	septemplex			septemplicēs	septemplicia
Genitive	septemplicis			septemplicium
Dative	septemplicī			septemplicibus
Accusative	septemplicem	septemplex		septemplicēs	septemplicia
Ablative	septemplicī			septemplicibus
Vocative	septemplex			septemplicēs	septemplicia

Derived terms

• septemplicō

References

• “septemplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “septemplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• septemplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.