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): [ˈsɛk.stʊ.pɫɛks] or IPA^(key): [sɛkˈstʊp.ɫɛks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛk.st̪u.pleks] or IPA^(key): [sekˈst̪up.leks]

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.

	singular			plural
	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.