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|lshtext=<b>trī&#774;plex</b>: ĭcis (abl. [[regularly]] triplici;<br /><b>I</b> triplice, Prud. Apoth. 383; Ven. Carm. 7, 4, 12), adj. ter-[[plico]], threefold, [[triple]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Adj.: [[Plato]] triplicem finxit animum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20: philosophandi [[ratio]] [[triplex]], id. Ac. 1, 5, 19: nec me pastoris Iberi Forma [[triplex]], nec [[forma]] [[triplex]] tua, Cerbere, movit, Ov M. 9, 185: [[cuspis]], i. e. [[Neptune]]'s [[trident]], id. ib. 12, 594: [[mundus]] ([[because]] made up of [[sky]], [[land]], and [[sea]]), id. ib. 12, 40: [[regnum]] ([[because]] shared [[among]] Jupiter, [[Neptune]], and [[Pluto]]), id. ib. 5, 368: [[vultus]] Dianae ([[because]] also [[Luna]] and [[Hecate]]; v. [[triceps]] and [[triformis]]), id. H. 12, 79: triplicem aciem instruere, to [[draw]] up an [[army]] in [[three]] lines or columns, to form a [[triple]] [[line]], Caes. B. G. 1, 24; so, [[acies]], id. ib. 1, 51; id. B. C. 1, 41; 1, 83 al.; cf. [[comically]]: paravi copias duplices, triplices dolos. perfidias, Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 5: [[vallus]], Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3: [[murus]], Verg. A. 6, 549; Ov. F. 3, 801: aes, Verg. A. 10, 784; Hor. C. 1, 3, 9: triplici stant ordine dentes, Ov. M. 3, 34 et saep. — Poet., of [[three]] [[like]] persons or things belonging [[together]]: triplices Sorores, the [[three]] sisters, i. e. the Fates, Ov. M. 8, 452; called triplices deae, id. ib. 2, 654; cf.: quae ratum triplici pollice netis [[opus]], i. e. the [[finger]] of the [[three]] Fates, id. Ib. 76: poenarum deae triplices, i. e. the Furies, id. M, 8, 481: Minyeïdes, i. e. the [[three]] daughters of [[Minyas]], id. ib. 4, 425: greges, [[three]] bands of Bacchantes, Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; cf. [[gens]], [[three]] clans, Verg. A. 10, 202. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Substt.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; trī&#774;plex, ĭcis, n., [[three]] times as [[much]], a threefold [[portion]], [[triple]]: sume [[tibi]] [[decies]]; [[tibi]] [[tantundem]]; [[tibi]] [[triplex]], Hor. S. 2 3, 237; cf.: pediti in singulos dati [[centeni]] (denarii), [[duplex]] centurioni, [[triplex]] equiti, Liv. 45, 40, 5; 45, 43, 7: olei veteris [[triplex]] adicitur, Scrib. Comp. 218. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; trī&#774;plĭces, ĭum, m. (sc. [[codicilli]]), a [[writing]]-[[tablet]] [[with]] [[three]] leaves, Cic. Att. 13, 8, 1; Mart. 7, 72, 2; 10, 87, 6; 14, 6, 1.—*<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[very]] [[great]] or [[strong]]: triplici fluctu, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 116 (id. H. 4, 23 Dietsch). — Adv.: trĭplĭcĭ-ter, in a threefold [[manner]], in [[three]] ways: commutare, Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54: l [[littera]] [[tripliciter]] sonat, Mart. Cap. 3, 54.
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