simplex

See also: Simplex

English

simplex (not comparable)

(unidirectional):

unidirectional

simplex (plural simplexes or simplices)

(geometry, algebraic topology) An analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron: the convex hull of n+1 points in n-dimensional space.
(linguistics) A simple word, one without affixes.
- 1978, Helga Harries-Delisle, Contrastive Emphasis and Cleft Sentences, in Universals of Human Language, edited by Joseph H. Greenberg, →ISBN, page 460:
  The only indication that 139. is a simplex is the sentence intonation and the absence of a break between the verb and the subject.

an analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron

a simple word

Latin multipliers
	simplex	duplex
cardinal number : ūnus ordinal number : prīmus adverbial number : semel distributive number : singulī

From the same root as semel + plicō (“I fold”).

simplex (genitive simplicis); third declension

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
nominative	simplex		simplicēs	simplicia
genitive	simplicis		simplicium
dative	simplicī		simplicibus
accusative	simplicem	simplex	simplicēs	simplicia
ablative	simplicī		simplicibus
vocative	simplex		simplicēs	simplicia

Old Leonese:
- Mirandese: simples
Old Portuguese: simplez
- Portuguese: simples, símplice
→ Asturian: simple
→ Catalan: simple
→ Dutch: simpel
→ English: simplex
→ Galician: simple
→ German: simpel
- → Norwegian: simpel
→ Italian: semplice
→ Middle Low German: simpel
- → Old Swedish: simpel
  - Swedish: simpel
    - → Finnish: simppeli
→ Old French: simple, sinple
- French: simple
  - → Romanian: simplu
- → Middle English: symple, simple
  - Scots: semple
  - English: simple
→ Romansch: simpel, sempel
→ Spanish: simple
- Chavacano: simple

simplex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
simplex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
simplex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
simplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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