-plex

See also: plex

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -plex (“-fold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-plɛks/

Suffix

-plex

1. Comprising a number of parts, as in duplex.
2. (mathematics) ten to the power of the number, as in googolplex.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -plex

Translations

comprising a number of parts

• Irish: -pléacs m

See also

• -fold

Latin

Etymology

From plicō (“I fold”) +‎ -s. Compare -plus.

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

-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

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

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -plex

Descendants

• → English: -plex