triplus

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

	30[a], [b], [c]
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Cardinal: trēs     Ordinal: tertius     Adverbial: ter     Proportional: triplus     Multiplier: triplex     Distributive: ternus, trīnus     Collective: terniō     Fractional: triēns

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Indo-European *tri-

Proto-Italic *tri-

Proto-Italic *-plos

Proto-Italic *triplos

Latin triplus

Inherited from Proto-Italic *triplos.

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

• triplex

Descendants

• Italian: treppio
• >? Old French: treble
  • → English: 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.