quadruplex

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”)

Adjective

quadruplex (not comparable)

1. Having four components.
2. Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously.
3. Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape.

Translations

having four components

• Greek: τετραπλός (el) m (tetraplós)
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Noun

quadruplex (plural quadruplexes)

1. A quadruplex system.

Translations

a quadruplex system

• Greek: τετραπλός (el) m (tetraplós)
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Verb

quadruplex (third-person singular simple present quadruplex, present participle es, simple past and past participle quadruplexed)

1. (transitive) To make quadruplex.

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Latin

Etymology

From quattuor (“four”) + plicō (“fold, double up”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷa.dru.pleks/, [ˈkʷäd̪rʊpɫ̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwa.dru.pleks/, [ˈkwäːd̪rupleks]

Adjective

quadruplex (genitive quadruplicis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. fourfold, quadruple

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	quadruplex			quadruplicēs	quadruplicia
Genitive	quadruplicis			quadruplicium
Dative	quadruplicī			quadruplicibus
Accusative	quadruplicem	quadruplex		quadruplicēs	quadruplicia
Ablative	quadruplicī			quadruplicibus
Vocative	quadruplex			quadruplicēs	quadruplicia

Noun

quadruplex n (genitive quadruplicis); third declension

1. a fourfold amount

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	quadruplex	quadruplica
Genitive	quadruplicis	quadruplicum
Dative	quadruplicī	quadruplicibus
Accusative	quadruplex	quadruplica
Ablative	quadruplice	quadruplicibus
Vocative	quadruplex	quadruplica

Related terms

• quadruplicātiō
• quadruplicātō
• quadruplicō
• quadruplō
• quadruplus

Descendants

• English: quadruplex

References

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