Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, chapter 139

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[*] 139. The following adjectives are called Multiplicatives:—

simplex, single; duplex, double, twofold; triplex, triple, threefold; quadruplex , quīnquiplex, septemplex, decemplex, centuplex, sēsquiplex (1 1/2), multiplex (manifold).

[*] a. Proportionals are: duplus , triplus , quadruplus , octuplus , etc., twice as great, thrice as great, etc.

[*] b. Temporals: bīmus , trīmus, of two or three years' age; biennis , triennis, lasting two or three years; bimēstris , trimēstris, of two or three months; bīduum, a period of two days; biennium, a period of two years.

[*] c. Partitives: bīnārius , ternārius, of two or three parts.

[*] d. Other derivatives are: ūniō, unity; bīniō, the two (of dice); prīmānus of the first legion; prīmārius, of the first rank; dēnārius, a sum of 10 asses bīnus (distributive), double, etc.

Ginn and Company, 1903.

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