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Latin
Etymology
From septem (“seven”) + -plex (“-fold”), from plicō (“to fold”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
septemplex (genitive septemplicis, adverb septempliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- sevenfold, possessing seven parts
- Synonyms: septēnārius, septemgeminus
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 12.925:
- volat atri turbinis instar / exitium dirum hasta ferens orasque recludit / loricae et clipei extremos septemplicis orbis; / per medium stridens transit femur.
- 1918 translation by H. Rushton Fairclough
- Like a black whirlwind the spear flies on, bearing fell destruction, and pierces the corslet’s rim and the sevenfold shield’s outermost circle: whizzing it passes right through the thigh.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “septemplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “septemplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- septemplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.