septemplices
Dictionary entries
- Entry →septemplex, (gen.), septemplicis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sevenfold; of/having seven (layers/mouths, shield w/7 layers, river w/7 mouths);
acc. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.)
Examples
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...celsos umbrantem hunc aspice late Hypsea quadriiugos; clipei septemplice tauro laeua, ter insuto seruantur pectora ferro, pectora..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ultra est. at Nileus, qui se genitum septemplice Nilo ementitus erat, clipeo quoque flumina septem argento partim, partim..."