decemplex

English

Etymology

From Latin decemplex.

Adjective

decemplex (not comparable)

1. Having ten parts; decuple or tenfold.

Latin

Latin numbers ^(edit)

		100[a], [b], [c]
←  1	[a], [b], [c], [d] ←  9	X 10	11  → [a], [b], [c]
		1
Cardinal: decem, decim     Ordinal: decimus     Adverbial: deciēs, deciēns     Proportional: decuplus, decemplus     Multiplier: decemplex, decuplex     Distributive: dēnus     Fractional: decimus

Etymology

From decem (“ten”) +‎ -plex (“-fold”), from plicō (“to fold”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

decemplex (genitive decemplicis, adverb decempliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. tenfold
2. ten times something

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	decemplex			decemplicēs	decemplicia
genitive	decemplicis			decemplicium
dative	decemplicī			decemplicibus
accusative	decemplicem	decemplex		decemplicīs decemplicēs	decemplicia
ablative	decemplicī decemplice	decemplicī		decemplicibus
vocative	decemplex			decemplicēs	decemplicia

References

• “decemplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “decemplex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “decemplex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20201220153101/http://www.dicolatin.com/XY/LAK/0/DECEMPLICEM/index.htm