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Latin

Latin numbers (edit)
30, ,
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3
4  → 
    Cardinal: trēs
    Ordinal: tertius
    Adverbial: ter
    Proportional: triplus
    Multiplier: triplex
    Distributive: ternus, trīnus
    Collective: terniō
    Fractional: triēns

Etymology

From trēs +‎ -plus.

Numeral

triplus (feminine tripla, neuter triplum); first/second-declension numeral

  1. threefold, triple

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative triplus tripla triplum triplī triplae tripla
genitive triplī triplae triplī triplōrum triplārum triplōrum
dative triplō triplae triplō triplīs
accusative triplum triplam triplum triplōs triplās tripla
ablative triplō triplā triplō triplīs
vocative triple tripla triplum triplī triplae tripla

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Italian: treppio
  • >? Old French: treble
  • Catalan: triple
  • English: triple
  • French: triple
  • Italian: triplo
  • Portuguese: triplo
  • Romanian: triplu
  • Spanish: triplo

References

  • triplus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • triplus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • triplus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.