sescuplus

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Latin

Etymology 1

From sēsqui- (“one and a half”) +‎ -plus (“-fold”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

sēscuplus (feminine sēscupla, neuter sēscuplum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. one and a half times as much, having the ratio of three parts to two
    • early 7th c. CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae sive Origines 1.17:[1]
      In his duobus per divisionem pedes legitimi colliguntur. Aequa divisio est quotiens arsis et thesis aequali temporum divisione caeduntur. Dupla, quotiens ex his unum alterum duplo vincit. Sescupla vero est, quotiens unum alterum sescuplo superat. In simpla enim eius parte unus plus invenitur: in dupla unus minus habetur. Sescum enim dimidium dicitur.
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative sēscuplus sēscupla sēscuplum sēscuplī sēscuplae sēscupla
Genitive sēscuplī sēscuplae sēscuplī sēscuplōrum sēscuplārum sēscuplōrum
Dative sēscuplō sēscuplō sēscuplīs
Accusative sēscuplum sēscuplam sēscuplum sēscuplōs sēscuplās sēscupla
Ablative sēscuplō sēscuplā sēscuplō sēscuplīs
Vocative sēscuple sēscupla sēscuplum sēscuplī sēscuplae sēscupla

Etymology 2

From sexcuplus (“sixfold”) with simplification of -x- to -s-, either as part of the general tendency to simplify to before a consonant, or more specifically by the dissimilation of to also seen in words such as sescentī, escendō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sescuplus (feminine sescupla, neuter sescuplum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Alternative form of sexcuplus

References

  1. ^ Isidore of Seville: The Etymologies (or Origins). Book 1. Edited by W. M. Lindsay, first published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1911. Republished online at LacusCurtius by Bill Thayer.

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