triplex

See also: Triplex

English

Etymology

From 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 (plural triplexes)

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To make triplex.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.pleks/, [ˈtrɪ.pɫɛks]

Adjective

triplex (genitive triplicis); third declension

  1. triple, threefold

Inflection

Third declension.

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

Descendants

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, 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)
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