Latin edit

Latin numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  1 II
2
3  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: duo
    Ordinal: secundus, alter
    Adverbial: bis
    Multiplier: duplex, duplus
    Distributive: bīnus
    Collective: bīniō
    Fractional: dīmidius, sēmis

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Italic *duplos. By surface analysis, duo +‎ -plus.[1] Cf. Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, double), from δι- (di-), from δύο (dúo, two), + -πλόος (-plóos, -fold), and Proto-Germanic *twīflaz (doubt).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

duplus (feminine dupla, neuter duplum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. double (twice as much, or as big)

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative duplus dupla duplum duplī duplae dupla
Genitive duplī duplae duplī duplōrum duplārum duplōrum
Dative duplō duplō duplīs
Accusative duplum duplam duplum duplōs duplās dupla
Ablative duplō duplā duplō duplīs
Vocative duple dupla duplum duplī duplae dupla

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • duplus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • duplus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • duplus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-plus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475