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-plex

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-plex lat. -falt; -fach

Von plicō „ich falte“ +‎ -s. Vergleiche -plus.

Pronunciation (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pleks/, [pɫ̪ɛks̠], (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pleks/, [plɛks]

Suffix

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-plex (genitive -plicis); third-declension one-termination suffix

  1. Creates adjectives specifying the number of times, -fold
    *sem- (“one”) → simplex (“onefold, single, simple”)
    tri- (“three”) → triplex (“threefold”)
    quadri- (“four”) → quadruplex (“fourfold”)
    centum (“hundred”) → centiplex (“hundredfold”)
    multus (“many”) → multiplex (“manifold”)

Declension

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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative -plex -plicēs -plicia
Genitive -plicis -plicium
Dative -plicī -plicibus
Accusative -plicem -plex -plicēs -plicia
Ablative -plicī -plicibus
Vocative -plex -plicēs -plicia