{
    "meta": {
        "serviceProvider": {
            "name": "Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanties, TELOTA - IT\/DH",
            "link": "https:\/\/www.bbaw.de\/en\/bbaw-digital\/telota"
        },
        "dataProvider": {
            "name": "Classical Language Dictionary",
            "link": "https:\/\/cld.bbaw.de"
        }
    },
    "query": {
        "self": "https:\/\/cld.bbaw.de\/api\/dictionary\/lemma\/triplex?language=lat&options=case-sensitive",
        "searchDate": "2026-05-20 11:29:21",
        "searchFor": "lemma",
        "searchTerm": "triplex",
        "language": "LAT",
        "options": {
            "strict": true,
            "case-sensitive": true,
            "regex": false,
            "simplified": false
        }
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "lemma": "triplex",
            "meanings": 1,
            "language": "lat",
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "dictionary": "Lewis Short",
                    "reference": "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary",
                    "source": "https:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059",
                    "description": "(adjective) : trīplex, ĭcis (abl. regularly triplici;\n* Triplice,Prud. Apoth. 383; Ven. Carm. 7, 4, 12), ter-plico, threefold, triple.\n* Lit.\n* Adj.: Plato triplicem finxit animum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20: philosophandi ratio triplex,id. Ac. 1, 5, 19: nec me pastoris Iberi Forma triplex, nec forma triplex tua, Cerbere, movit, Ov M. 9, 185: cuspis, i. e. Neptune's trident, id. ib. 12, 594: mundus (because made up of sky, land, and sea),id. ib. 12, 40: regnum (because shared among Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto),id. ib. 5, 368: vultus Dianae (because also Luna and Hecate; v. triceps and triformis),id. H. 12, 79: triplicem aciem instruere, to draw up an army in three lines or columns, to form a triple line, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; so, acies,id. ib. 1, 51; id. B. C. 1, 41; 1, 83 al.; cf. comically: paravi copias duplices, triplices dolos. perfidias,Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 5: vallus, Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3: murus,Verg. A. 6, 549; Ov. F. 3, 801: aes,Verg. A. 10, 784; Hor. C. 1, 3, 9: triplici stant ordine dentes,Ov. M. 3, 34 et saep. — Poet., of three like persons or things belonging together: triplices Sorores,   the three sisters, i. e. the Fates, Ov. M. 8, 452; called triplices deae,id. ib. 2, 654; cf.: quae ratum triplici pollice netis opus,i. e. the finger of the three Fates,id. Ib. 76: poenarum deae triplices, i. e. the Furies, id. M, 8, 481: Minyeïdes,i. e. the three daughters of Minyas,id. ib. 4, 425: greges,three bands of Bacchantes,Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; cf. gens,three clans,Verg. A. 10, 202.\n* Transf., very great or strong: triplici fluctu, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 116 (id. H. 4, 23 Dietsch). — Adv.: trĭplĭcĭ-ter, in a threefold manner, in three ways: commutare,Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54: l littera tripliciter sonat, Mart. Cap. 3, 54.\n* Trīplex, ĭcis, n., three times as much, a threefold portion, triple: sume tibi decies; tibi tantundem; tibi triplex,Hor. S. 2 3, 237; cf.: pediti in singulos dati centeni (denarii), duplex centurioni, triplex equiti,Liv. 45, 40, 5; 45, 43, 7: olei veteris triplex adicitur,Scrib. Comp. 218.\n* Trīplĭces, ĭum, m. (sc. codicilli), a writing-tablet with three leaves, Cic. Att. 13, 8, 1; Mart. 7, 72, 2; 10, 87, 6; 14, 6, 1.—*"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}