triplex Latin · revision 8083

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la trēs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtrɪ.pɫɛks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtriː.pleks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''triplex''' (genitive triplicis, adverb tripliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[trēs]] “three” and [[-plex]] “-fold”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of something threefold.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant threefold, occurring three times, and with plural nouns three together, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) In Horace the neuter meant three times as much, in Caesar it meant made of three equal parts, as a triple line of battle, and in Varro made of three different parts.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant triple, threefold.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it as ''triplus'' “threefold”.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of sets of three and in music of three-part writing.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''triplice'' and [[en|triplex]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of the threefold.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of three equal parts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses the neuter for three times as much.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Threefold]], [[m|en|triple]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Three together.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Made of three parts.^(OLD 2012)

+ # As a noun, three times as much.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' ''(music)'' In three parts.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[triplicārius]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trēs]]

+ * [[triplus]]

+ * [[duplex]]

+ * [[simplex]]

+ * [[en|triplex]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}