English

Proper noun

Triplex

1. (Britain) a safety glass for car windows, consisting of three layers (glass and mica).

English

Adjective

triplex ‎(not comparable)

1. Having three parts; triple or threefold.
2. (architecture) Having three floors or other divisions.

Noun

triplex ‎(plural triplexes)

1. A building with three apartments or divisions
2. (juggling) throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.

Latin

Etymology

From trēs ‎(“three”) + plicō ‎(“fold together”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.pleks/

Adjective

triplex m, f, n ‎(genitive triplicis); third declension

1. triple, threefold

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• triplicēs

Related terms

• trēs

Descendants

• English: triplex
• French: triplex
• Italian: triplice

References

• triplex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• triplex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “triplex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in two, three columns: agmine duplici, triplici
    
  • to draw up the army in three lines: aciem triplicem instruere (B. G. 1. 24)