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sextuplus

1 sextuplus v. sesquiplus
2 sextuplus [cf. sextuplex, CL duplus] 1 multiplied by six, six times as much; b (as sb . n.). corporis ‥ humani latitudo sexta pars est longitudinis in proporcione ~upla Odington 46.  b distat enim inter ~uplum et sescuplum, nam ~uplum de multiplici genere, ubi minor a majore sexies habetur (Ps.-Bede De Arithmeticis Numeris) PL XC 643A; ponderales numeri: ‥ quintuplum, ~uplum (Ib.) Ib.; quare sex in duplum pentagoni ABGDH est sescuplum ejus quod ex GD in ZT quinquies Adel. Elem. XIV 4. 2 that consists of six parts, that has six aspects, sixfold; b (? as sb n. pl.). per sanctos quorum est ~upla conditio predicta Bacon Maj. II 395 (cf. ib. 393: istis ‥ sanctis prophetis ‥ credendum est propter sex rationes).  b ‘qui editioni antiquae translationem Theodotionis miscuit’ quando ~upla fecit, i. sex translationes in unum librum composuit Comm. Cant. I 4.

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