duplus

Latin

Etymology

From duo + plus.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) cf. Greek διπλός (diplós, “double”) < δι- (<δύο), two + -πλάσιος, reproductive numeral suffix

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.plus/, [ˈdʊ.pɫʊs]

Adjective

duplus (feminine dupla, neuter duplum); first/second declension

double (twice as much, or as big)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	duplus	dupla	duplum	duplī	duplae	dupla
genitive	duplī	duplae	duplī	duplōrum	duplārum	duplōrum
dative	duplō	duplae	duplō	duplīs
accusative	duplum	duplam	duplum	duplōs	duplās	dupla
ablative	duplō	duplā	duplō	duplīs
vocative	duple	dupla	duplum	duplī	duplae	dupla

Derived terms

duplō (Late or Legal Latin)

Descendants

Asturian: doble, duble, doblu, dublu
Catalan: doble
Dutch: dubbel
English: double, duple
French: double
Friulian: dopli
Galician: dobre
German: doppelt
Italian: doppio, duplo
Old French: doble

Old Portuguese: dobro
Portuguese: dobre, dobro, duplo
Romanian: dublu
Romansh: dubel, dobel
Sardinian: dopiu
Sicilian: dupru, duplu, dùbulu
Spanish: doble, doblo, duplo
Venetian: dopio, dupio
Walloon: dobe

References

duplus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
duplus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
duplus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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