triplex
Latin > English
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
trī̆plex: ĭcis (abl. regularly triplici;
I triplice, Prud. Apoth. 383; Ven. Carm. 7, 4, 12), adj. ter-plico, threefold, triple.
I Lit.
A 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. —
B Substt.
1 trī̆plex, 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. —
2 trī̆plĭces, 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.—*
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
trĭplex,¹⁰ ĭcis,
1 adj., triple : Cic. Tusc. 1, 20 ; Ac. 1, 19, etc. ; triplex cuspis Ov. M. 12, 594, trident de Neptune ; triplex regnum Ov. M. 5, 368, le triple royaume [monde partagé entre Jupiter, Neptune et Pluton] ; triplex acies, v. acies || [poét.] = trois : triplices sorores Ov. M. 8, 452, les trois sœurs, les Parques, cf. Ov. M. 2, 654 ; triplex gens Virg. En. 10, 202, trois races de peuples
2 subst. n., le triple : Hor. S. 2, 3, 237 ; Liv. 45, 40, 5 ; 45, 43, 7.
Latin > German (Georges)
triplex, icis (tres u. plico), dreifältig, I) adi.: acies, Caes.: Plato triplicem finxit animum, Cic.: Diana (als Diana, Luna u. Hekate), Ov.: mundus (weil Himmel, Erde u. Meer), Ov.: ebenso regnum (weil unter Jupiter, Neptun u. Pluto geteilt), Ov.: cuspis, der Dreizack Neptuns, Ov.: porticus, mit drei Säulenreihen, Suet.: gens, drei Völkerschaften, Verg. – poet. von drei zusammengehörenden Gegenständen, deae, die drei Parzen, Ov.: Minyeides, die drei Töchter des Minyas, Ov.: greges, drei Scharen von Bacchanten, Prop. – II) subst.: 1) triplicēs, um, m. (sc. codicilli), eine Schreibtafel mit drei Blättern, Cic. u. Mart. – 2) triplex, icis, n. = triplum, das Dreifache, dreimal so viel, sume tibi triplex, Hor.: pediti in singulos centeni dati..., triplex equiti, Liv. – / triplici fluctu bei Sall. hist. 4. fr. 23 (38) stellt Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 116 mit τρικυμία (die dreifache od. dritte, d.i. sehr große Woge) zusammen, aber richtiger ist triplex fluctus = die dreimal flutende u. ebbende Woge (der Charybdis); vgl. Isid. orig. 13, 18, 5.
Latin > Chinese
triplex, icis. adj. :: 三倍者。三樣。Pugna triplex 三次之戰。Olei veteris — (pondus) adjicitur 加舊油三倍。Triplices sorores vel deae 地獄之三女鬼。