sextuplex

English

Adjective

sextuplex (not comparable)

1. Having six components.
   • 1886, The Electrical World, page 209:

     In the new sextuplex telegraph system of Mr. Stephen D. Field, which is described below, while some methods are employed analogous in some cases to those used in the systems above mentioned, the system as a whole is decidedly novel and interesting […]

Synonyms

• sextuple

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b], [c], [d] ←  5	VI 6	7  → [a], [b], [c], [d]
Cardinal: sex     Ordinal: sextus     Adverbial: sexiēs, sexiēns, sextō     Proportional: sexuplus, sextuplus, sexcuplus     Multiplier: sexuplex, sextuplex, sexcuplex, sēplex, secuplex     Distributive: sēnus     Collective: sēniō     Fractional: sextāns

Etymology

From sex (“six”) and sextus (“sixth”) +‎ -plex (“-fold”), from plicō (“to fold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsek.stu.pleks/, [ˈs̠ɛks̠t̪ʊpɫ̪ɛks̠] or IPA^(key): /sekˈstup.leks/, [s̠ɛkˈs̠t̪ʊpɫ̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsek.stu.pleks/, [ˈsɛkst̪upleks] or IPA^(key): /sekˈstup.leks/, [sekˈst̪upleks]

Adjective

sextuplex (genitive sextuplicis, adverb sextupliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) sixfold, possessing six parts

   Synonym: sēnārius

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sextuplex			sextuplicēs	sextuplicia
Genitive	sextuplicis			sextuplicium
Dative	sextuplicī			sextuplicibus
Accusative	sextuplicem	sextuplex		sextuplicēs	sextuplicia
Ablative	sextuplicī			sextuplicibus
Vocative	sextuplex			sextuplicēs	sextuplicia

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “sextuplex”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• sextuplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.