biplex

Latin

Etymology

Equivalent to bi- (“two”) +‎ -plex (“-fold”). Attested later and much less frequently than the synonymous duplex.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɪ.pɫɛks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbiː.pleks]

Adjective

biplex (genitive biplicis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. twofold, double, duplex

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	biplex			biplicēs	biplicia
genitive	biplicis			biplicium
dative	biplicī			biplicibus
accusative	biplicem	biplex		biplicīs biplicēs	biplicia
ablative	biplicī biplice	biplicī		biplicibus
vocative	biplex			biplicēs	biplicia

Descendants

• → Translingual: Biplex

References

• “biplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "biplex", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “biplex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.