decemplex

English

Etymology

Latin decemplex

Adjective

decemplex (not comparable)

1. Having ten parts; decuple or tenfold.

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

		100[a], [b], [c]
←  1	[a], [b], [c], [d] ←  9	X 10	11  → [a], [b], [c]
		1
Cardinal: decem     Ordinal: decimus     Adverbial: deciēs, deciēns     Proportional: decuplus, decemplus     Multiplier: decemplex, decuplex     Distributive: dēnus     Fractional: decima, decimus

Etymology

From decem (“ten”) +‎ -plex (“-fold”), from plicō (“to fold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deˈkem.pleks/, [d̪ɛˈkɛmpɫ̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃem.pleks/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛmpleks]

Adjective

decemplex (genitive decemplicis, adverb decempliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. tenfold
2. ten times something

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	decemplex			decemplicēs	decemplicia
Genitive	decemplicis			decemplicium
Dative	decemplicī			decemplicibus
Accusative	decemplicem	decemplex		decemplicēs	decemplicia
Ablative	decemplicī			decemplicibus
Vocative	decemplex			decemplicēs	decemplicia

References

• “decemplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decemplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• decemplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20201220153101/http://www.dicolatin.com/XY/LAK/0/DECEMPLICEM/index.htm