-plex
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See also: plex
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin -plex (“-fold”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-plex
- Comprising a number of parts, as in duplex.
- (mathematics) ten to the power of the number, as in googolplex.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
comprising a number of parts
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See also[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From plicō (“I fold”) + -s. Compare -plus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pleks/, [pɫ̪ɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pleks/, [plɛks]
Suffix[edit]
-plex (genitive -plicis); third-declension one-termination suffix
- Creates adjectives specifying the number of times, -fold
Declension[edit]
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | -plex | -plicēs | -plicia | ||
Genitive | -plicis | -plicium | |||
Dative | -plicī | -plicibus | |||
Accusative | -plicem | -plex | -plicēs | -plicia | |
Ablative | -plicī | -plicibus | |||
Vocative | -plex | -plicēs | -plicia |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: -plex
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- English lemmas
- English suffixes
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- Latin terms suffixed with -s
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- Latin lemmas
- Latin suffixes
- Latin adjective-forming suffixes
- Latin third declension suffixes
- Latin third declension suffixes of one termination