I.“triplice,” Prud. Apoth. 383; Ven. Carm. 7, 4, 12), adj. ter-plico, threefold, triple.
I. Lit.
A. Adj.: “Plato triplicem finxit animum,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20: “philosophandi ratio triplex,” id. Ac. 1, 5, 19: nec me pastoris Iberi Forma triplex, nec forma triplex tua, Cerbere, movit, Ov M. 9, 185: cuspis, i. e. Neptune's trident, id. ib. 12, 594: “mundus (because made up of sky, land, and sea),” id. ib. 12, 40: “regnum (because shared among Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto),” id. ib. 5, 368: vultus Dianae (because also Luna and Hecate; “v. triceps and triformis),” id. H. 12, 79: triplicem aciem instruere, to draw up an army in three lines or columns, to form a triple line, Caes. B. G. 1, 24; so, “acies,” id. ib. 1, 51; id. B. C. 1, 41; 1, 83 al.; cf. “comically: paravi copias duplices, triplices dolos. perfidias,” Plaut. Ps. 2, 1, 5: “vallus, Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3: murus,” Verg. A. 6, 549; Ov. F. 3, 801: “aes,” Verg. A. 10, 784; Hor. C. 1, 3, 9: “triplici stant ordine dentes,” Ov. M. 3, 34 et saep. — Poet., of three like persons or things belonging together: triplices Sorores, the three sisters, i. e. the Fates, Ov. M. 8, 452; “called triplices deae,” id. ib. 2, 654; cf.: “quae ratum triplici pollice netis opus,” i. e. the finger of the three Fates, id. Ib. 76: poenarum deae triplices, i. e. the Furies, id. M, 8, 481: “Minyeïdes,” i. e. the three daughters of Minyas, id. ib. 4, 425: “greges,” three bands of Bacchantes, Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; cf. “gens,” three clans, Verg. A. 10, 202. —
B. Substt.
1. trī^plex , ĭcis, n., three times as much, a threefold portion, triple: sume tibi decies; tibi tantundem; “tibi triplex,” Hor. S. 2 3, 237; cf.: “pediti in singulos dati centeni (denarii), duplex centurioni, triplex equiti,” Liv. 45, 40, 5; 45, 43, 7: “olei veteris triplex adicitur,” Scrib. Comp. 218. —
2. trī^plĭces , ĭum, m. (sc. codicilli), a writing-tablet with three leaves, Cic. Att. 13, 8, 1; Mart. 7, 72, 2; 10, 87, 6; 14, 6, 1.—*