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multiplex

multiplex, with many folds, much-winding

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

multiplex , plicis: adj. (multus and plicō), having many folds, 5.264; manifold, various, 4.189.
multĭ-plex, ĭcis, adj. [multus-*plica] (multīplex, Lucr. 2, 163; 4, 208; n. plur. multiplica, Gell. 19, 7, 16), that has many folds (class.).
  • I Lit.: alvus est multiplex et tortuosa, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136.—
  • II Transf.
    • A That has many windings or concealed places: vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico, Cic. Sen. 15, 52: domus, the labyrinth, Ov. M. 8, 158.—
    • B 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.—
    • C 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 (528): 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.

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