triplus Latin · revision 7971

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=itc-pro *triplos}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''triplus''' (feminine tripla, neuter triplum); first/second-declension numeral^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*triplos]], from the root of [[trēs]] “three” and the suffix [[-plus]] “-fold”.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) The OLD compares [[grc|τριπλόος|tr=triplóos|t=threefold]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short cite Plautus' ''triplō plūs scortōrum'' “three times as many harlots”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler's first source is Cicero; he dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant threefold, triple, three times as much, as Cicero's ''pars'' in his ''Timaeus'', and as a neuter noun an amount three times as great.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for triple in size or number, and of the triple ordeal.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''treppio'', and Old French ''treble'' from it gave [[en|treble]] in the late 13th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Medieval Latin ''triplāre'' gave the verb [[en|triple]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses ''triplō plūs''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it in his ''Timaeus''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 13th century – English ''treble'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Threefold, [[m|en|triple]]; as a noun, three times as much.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[subtriplus]]

+ * [[triplaris]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trēs]]

+ * [[duplus]]

+ * [[triplex]]

+ * [[en|triple]]

+ * [[en|treble]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}