sexcuplus

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Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
60
[a], [b], [c] ←  5 VI
6
7  → 
    Cardinal: sex
    Ordinal: sextus
    Adverbial: sexiēs, sexiēns, sextō
    Proportional: sexuplus, sextuplus, sexcuplus
    Multiplier: sexuplex, sextuplex, sexcuplex, sēplex, secuplex
    Distributive: sēnus
    Collective: sēniō
    Fractional: sextāns

Etymology 1

From sex (six) +‎ -plus (-fold). The -cu- is probably by analogy with quīncuplus (fivefold) or decuplus (tenfold). Compare nōncuplus.

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Pronunciation

Adjective

sexcuplus (feminine sexcupla, neuter sexcuplum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) sixfold, six times as much
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Etymology 2

Misspelling resulting from the confusion of -x- and -s- before a consonant that developed because was subject to simplification to in this position.

Adjective

sexcuplus

  1. Misspelling of sēscuplus.

References

  • sexcuplus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.