sesquiplex

Latin

Alternative forms

• sēscuplex

Etymology

From sēsqui- (“one and a half”) +‎ -plex (“-fold”), from plicō (“to fold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseːs.kʷi.pleks/, [ˈs̠eːs̠kʷɪpɫ̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈses.kwi.pleks/, [ˈsɛskwipleks]

Adjective

sēsquiplex (genitive sēsquiplicis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. 1½ times, taken once and a half

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sēsquiplex			sēsquiplicēs	sēsquiplicia
Genitive	sēsquiplicis			sēsquiplicium
Dative	sēsquiplicī			sēsquiplicibus
Accusative	sēsquiplicem	sēsquiplex		sēsquiplicēs	sēsquiplicia
Ablative	sēsquiplicī			sēsquiplicibus
Vocative	sēsquiplex			sēsquiplicēs	sēsquiplicia

References

• “sesquiplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press