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Lewis Short
(adj.adv.) : multĭ-plex, ĭcis, adj.multus-* plica (multīplex, Lucr. 2, 163; 4, 208; n. plur. multiplica, Gell. 19, 7, 16)
* That has many folds (class.).
* Lit.: alvus est multiplex et tortuosa,Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136.
* Transf.
* That has many windings or concealed places: vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico,Cic. Sen. 15, 52: domus,the labyrinth,Ov. M. 8, 158.
* In implied comparisons, manifold, many times as great, far more: id efficiebat multiplex gaudium rei,Liv. 7, 8, 1: multiplex caedes utrimque facta traditur ab aliis,i. e. far greater than I state it,id. 22, 7, 3: praeda,id. 2, 64, 4.
* That has many parts, manifold, many, numerous, various: lorica,Verg. A. 5, 264: cortex,Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126: fetus,Cic. N. D. 2, 51: folia,Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58.—Extensive, large, wide, spacious: spatium loci,Lucr. 2, 163: domus,Sen. Hippol. 523: aerumna,Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3: potestates verborum,Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67: genus orationis,Cic. Brut. 31, 119: multiplices variique sermones,id. Or. 3: large multiplici constructae sunt dape mensae, of many courses or dishes, Cat. 64, 304: multiplex et tortuosum ingenium,i. e. inconstant, changeable. fickle,Cic. Lael. 18, 65: animus,id. ib. 25, 92: natura,id. Cael. 6, 14: vir multiplex in virtutibus,Vell. 2, 105, 2: ingenium,dexterous, sly,Cic. Att. 6, 2, 2.—Poet.: multiplex avis,rich in ancestors,Sil. 5, 543.—Hence, adv.: multĭplĭcĭter, in manifold or various ways (mostly post-Aug.): multipliciter fatigari,Sall. Or. 2 ad Caes.: locum intueri,Quint. 7, 4, 22: varie et multipliciter,id. 1, 6, 32: tam saepe ac tam multipliciter,Gell. 14, 1, 21.
* That has many folds (class.).
* Lit.: alvus est multiplex et tortuosa,Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136.
* Transf.
* That has many windings or concealed places: vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico,Cic. Sen. 15, 52: domus,the labyrinth,Ov. M. 8, 158.
* In implied comparisons, manifold, many times as great, far more: id efficiebat multiplex gaudium rei,Liv. 7, 8, 1: multiplex caedes utrimque facta traditur ab aliis,i. e. far greater than I state it,id. 22, 7, 3: praeda,id. 2, 64, 4.
* That has many parts, manifold, many, numerous, various: lorica,Verg. A. 5, 264: cortex,Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126: fetus,Cic. N. D. 2, 51: folia,Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58.—Extensive, large, wide, spacious: spatium loci,Lucr. 2, 163: domus,Sen. Hippol. 523: aerumna,Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3: potestates verborum,Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67: genus orationis,Cic. Brut. 31, 119: multiplices variique sermones,id. Or. 3: large multiplici constructae sunt dape mensae, of many courses or dishes, Cat. 64, 304: multiplex et tortuosum ingenium,i. e. inconstant, changeable. fickle,Cic. Lael. 18, 65: animus,id. ib. 25, 92: natura,id. Cael. 6, 14: vir multiplex in virtutibus,Vell. 2, 105, 2: ingenium,dexterous, sly,Cic. Att. 6, 2, 2.—Poet.: multiplex avis,rich in ancestors,Sil. 5, 543.—Hence, adv.: multĭplĭcĭter, in manifold or various ways (mostly post-Aug.): multipliciter fatigari,Sall. Or. 2 ad Caes.: locum intueri,Quint. 7, 4, 22: varie et multipliciter,id. 1, 6, 32: tam saepe ac tam multipliciter,Gell. 14, 1, 21.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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