I.that has many folds (class.).
II. Transf.
A. That has many windings or concealed places: “vitis serpens multiplici lapsu et erratico,” Cic. Sen. 15, 52: “domus,” the labyrinth, Ov. M. 8, 158.—
B. In implied comparisons, manifold, many times as great, far more: “id efficiebat multiplex gaudium rei,” Liv. 7, 8, 1: “multiplex caedes utrimque facta traditur ab aliis,” i. e. far greater than I state it, id. 22, 7, 3: “praeda,” id. 2, 64, 4.—
C. That has many parts, manifold, many, numerous, various: “lorica,” Verg. A. 5, 264: “cortex,” Plin. 16, 31, 55, § 126: “fetus,” Cic. N. D. 2, 51: “folia,” Plin. 18, 7, 10, § 58.—Extensive, large, wide, spacious: “spatium loci,” Lucr. 2, 163: “domus,” Sen. Hippol. 523: “aerumna,” Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 3: “potestates verborum,” Auct. Her. 4, 54, 67: “genus orationis,” Cic. Brut. 31, 119: “multiplices variique sermones,” id. Or. 3: large multiplici constructae sunt dape mensae, of many courses or dishes, Cat. 64, 304: “multiplex et tortuosum ingenium,” i. e. inconstant, changeable. fickle, Cic. Lael. 18, 65: “animus,” id. ib. 25, 92: “natura,” id. Cael. 6, 14: “vir multiplex in virtutibus,” Vell. 2, 105, 2: “ingenium,” dexterous, sly, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 2.—Poet.: “multiplex avis,” rich in ancestors, Sil. 5, 543.—Hence, adv.: multĭplĭcĭter , in manifold or various ways (mostly post-Aug.): “multipliciter fatigari,” Sall. Or. 2 ad Caes.: “locum intueri,” Quint. 7, 4, 22: “varie et multipliciter,” id. 1, 6, 32: “tam saepe ac tam multipliciter,” Gell. 14, 1, 21.
