sexcuplus

Latin

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[a], [b], [c] ←  5	VI 6	7  →
Cardinal: sex     Ordinal: sextus     Adverbial: sexiēs, sexiēns, sextō     Proportional: sexuplus, sextuplus, sexcuplus     Multiplier: sexuplex, sextuplex, sexcuplex, sēplex, secuplex     Distributive: sēnus     Collective: sēniō     Fractional: sextāns

Etymology 1

From sex (“six”) +‎ -plus (“-fold”). The -cu- is probably by analogy with quīncuplus (“fivefold”) or decuplus (“tenfold”). Compare nōncuplus.

Alternative forms

• sescuplus, sē̆cuplus, sexuplus, sextuplus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsek.sku.plus/, [ˈs̠ɛks̠kʊpɫ̪ʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /sekˈskup.lus/, [s̠ɛkˈs̠kʊpɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsek.sku.plus/, [ˈsɛkskuplus] or IPA^(key): /sekˈskup.lus/, [sekˈskuplus]

Adjective

sexcuplus (feminine sexcupla, neuter sexcuplum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) sixfold, six times as much

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sexcuplus	sexcupla	sexcuplum		sexcuplī	sexcuplae	sexcupla
genitive	sexcuplī	sexcuplae	sexcuplī		sexcuplōrum	sexcuplārum	sexcuplōrum
dative	sexcuplō	sexcuplae	sexcuplō		sexcuplīs
accusative	sexcuplum	sexcuplam	sexcuplum		sexcuplōs	sexcuplās	sexcupla
ablative	sexcuplō	sexcuplā	sexcuplō		sexcuplīs
vocative	sexcuple	sexcupla	sexcuplum		sexcuplī	sexcuplae	sexcupla

Etymology 2

Misspelling resulting from the confusion of -x- and -s- before a consonant that developed because [ks] was subject to simplification to [s] in this position.

Adjective

sexcuplus

1. Misspelling of sēscuplus.

References

• sexcuplus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.