triplex

See also: Triplex

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin triplex.

Adjective

triplex (not comparable)

1. Having three parts; triple or threefold.
2. (architecture) Having three floors or other divisions.

Derived terms

• triplexity
• Triplexity (name of a boardgame)
• Triplexity (virtual band consisting of 3 members, their name is said to be a portmanteau of triplex and complexity)
• triplicity

Noun

triplex (countable and uncountable, plural triplexes)

1. A building with three apartments or divisions
2. (juggling) A throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
3. (music, uncountable) Triple time.

Verb

triplex (third-person singular simple present triplex, present participle es, simple past and past participle triplexed)

1. (transitive) To make triplex.

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Latin

Etymology

From trēs (“three”) + plicō (“fold together”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.pleks/, [ˈt̪rɪpɫ̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.pleks/, [ˈt̪riːpleks]

Adjective

triplex (genitive triplicis, adverb tripliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. triple, threefold

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	triplex			triplicēs	triplicia
Genitive	triplicis			triplicium
Dative	triplicī			triplicibus
Accusative	triplicem	triplex		triplicēs	triplicia
Ablative	triplicī			triplicibus
Vocative	triplex			triplicēs	triplicia

Derived terms

• triplicēs
• triplicitās

Related terms

• trēs

Descendants

• English: triplex, Triplex
• French: triplex
• German: Triplex-, Triplex
• Italian: triplice

References

• “triplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “triplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• triplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in two, three columns: agmine duplici, triplici
    
  • to draw up the army in three lines: aciem triplicem instruere (B. G. 1. 24)