quadruplex
English
Etymology
From Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”)
Adjective
quadruplex (not comparable)
- Having four components.
- Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously.
- Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape.
Verb
quadruplex (third-person singular simple present quadruplexes, present participle quadruplexing, simple past and past participle quadruplexed)
- (transitive) To make quadruplex.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷa.dru.pleks/, [ˈkʷa.drʊ.pɫɛks]
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | quadruplex | quadruplex | quadruplicēs | quadruplicia | |
Genitive | quadruplicis | quadruplicis | quadruplicium | quadruplicium | |
Dative | quadruplicī | quadruplicī | quadruplicibus | quadruplicibus | |
Accusative | quadruplicem | quadruplex | quadruplicēs | quadruplicia | |
Ablative | quadruplicī | quadruplicī | quadruplicibus | quadruplicibus | |
Vocative | quadruplex | quadruplex | quadruplicēs | quadruplicia |
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | quadruplex | quadruplica |
Genitive | quadruplicis | quadruplicum |
Dative | quadruplicī | quadruplicibus |
Accusative | quadruplex | quadruplica |
Ablative | quadruplice | quadruplicibus |
Vocative | quadruplex | quadruplica |
Related terms
- quadruplicātiō
- quadruplicātō
- quadruplicō
- quadruplō
- quadruplus
Descendants
- English: quadruplex
References
- quadruplex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quadruplex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quadruplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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