triplex

See also: Triplex

English

Etymology

From Latin triplex.

Adjective

triplex (not comparable)

  1. Having three parts; triple or threefold.
  2. (architecture) Having three floors or other divisions.

Derived terms

  • triplexity
  • Triplexity (name of a boardgame)
  • Triplexity (virtual band consisting of 3 members, their name is said to be a portmanteau of triplex and complexity)
  • triplicity

Noun

triplex (countable and uncountable, plural triplexes)

  1. A building with three apartments or divisions
  2. (juggling) A throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
  3. (music, uncountable) Triple time.

Verb

triplex (third-person singular simple present triplexes, present participle triplexing, simple past and past participle triplexed)

  1. (transitive) To make triplex.

Latin

Etymology

From trēs (three) + plicō (fold together).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.pleks/, [ˈtrɪ.pɫɛks]

Adjective

triplex (genitive triplicis); third declension

  1. triple, threefold

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative triplex triplex triplicēs triplicia
Genitive triplicis triplicis triplicium triplicium
Dative triplicī triplicī triplicibus triplicibus
Accusative triplicem triplex triplicēs triplicia
Ablative triplicī triplicī triplicibus triplicibus
Vocative triplex triplex triplicēs triplicia

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • triplex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • triplex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • triplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • in two, three columns: agmine duplici, triplici
    • to draw up the army in three lines: aciem triplicem instruere (B. G. 1. 24)
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