duplus
Latin
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Cardinal: duo Ordinal: secundus, alter Adverbial: bis Proportional: duplus Multiplier: duplex, alterplex, biplex Distributive: bīnus Collective: bīniō Fractional: dīmidius, sēmis |
Etymology
editInherited 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- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdu.plus/, [ˈd̪ʊpɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdu.plus/, [ˈd̪uːplus]
Adjective
editduplus (feminine dupla, neuter duplum); first/second-declension adjective
- double (twice as much, or as big)
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | duplus | dupla | duplum | duplī | duplae | dupla | |
genitive | duplī | duplae | duplī | duplōrum | duplārum | duplōrum | |
dative | duplō | duplae | duplō | duplīs | |||
accusative | duplum | duplam | duplum | duplōs | duplās | dupla | |
ablative | duplō | duplā | duplō | duplīs | |||
vocative | duple | dupla | duplum | duplī | duplae | dupla |
Derived terms
edit- duplō (Late or Legal Latin)
Descendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
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- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
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.
- ^ 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