septemplus
Latin
Etymology
From septem + -plus; compare septemplex.
Numeral
septemplus (feminine septempla, neuter septemplum); first/second-declension numeral
- (dubious or rare) alternative form of septuplus.
- 1375 – 1376, John Wyclif, Tractatus de mandatis divinis (one manuscript):[1]
- et Ysaie XXX, 26 dicitur: Tunc luna fulgebit sicut sol, et sol septemplum, sicut lux septem dierum.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- et Ysaie XXX, 26 dicitur: Tunc luna fulgebit sicut sol, et sol septemplum, sicut lux septem dierum.
Usage notes
Other manuscripts of Wyclif have septipliciter, septempliciter, or septupliciter instead of "septemplum" here.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | septemplus | septempla | septemplum | septemplī | septemplae | septempla | |
| genitive | septemplī | septemplae | septemplī | septemplōrum | septemplārum | septemplōrum | |
| dative | septemplō | septemplae | septemplō | septemplīs | |||
| accusative | septemplum | septemplam | septemplum | septemplōs | septemplās | septempla | |
| ablative | septemplō | septemplā | septemplō | septemplīs | |||
| vocative | septemple | septempla | septemplum | septemplī | septemplae | septempla | |
References
Further reading
- Αναστάσιος Παλλατίδης (1834) Γραμματική Λατινική. : Διὰ τὴν Ἑλληνικὴν Νεολαίαν φιλοπονηθεῖσα καὶ εκδοθεῖσα ὑπὸ Α. Π. Ι., page 60: “7 septemplus, a, um.”
- Albert M. Gessman (1970) The Tongue of the Romans: Introduction to the History of Latin and the Romance Languages, Studia Antiqua Press, page 163: “'double' = 'du-pl-us', then 'tri-pl-us', 'quadr-ū-pl-us', 'quīnqu-ī-pl-us' (later, following 'quadrūplus', 'quincūplus' and still later, under the influence of 'quīntus', even 'quīntūplus'), 'sescūplus', 'septemplus', 'octōplus', 'novemplus', 'decemplus'.”