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English
Adjective
sextuplex (not comparable)
- Having six components.
1886, The Electrical World, page 209:In the new sextuplex telegraph system of Mr. Stephen D. Field, which is described below, while some methods are employed analogous in some cases to those used in the systems above mentioned, the system as a whole is decidedly novel and interesting […]
Synonyms
Latin
Latin numbers (edit)
| [a], [b], [c], [d] ← 5
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VI
6
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7 → [a], [b], [c], [d]
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Cardinal: sex
Ordinal: sextus
Adverbial: sexiēs, sexiēns, sextō
Proportional: sexuplus, sextuplus, sexcuplus
Multiplier: sexuplex, sextuplex, sexcuplex, sēplex, secuplex
Distributive: sēnus
Collective: sēniō
Fractional: sextāns
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Etymology
From sex (“six”) and sextus (“sixth”) + -plex (“-fold”), from plicō (“to fold”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sextuplex (genitive sextuplicis, adverb sextupliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) sixfold, possessing six parts
- Synonym: sēnārius
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
References
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “sextuplex”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- sextuplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.