OTHER NUMERALS.

2423. Other numerical adjectives are _multiplicatives_, ending in

#-plex#; they are: #simplex#, _onefold_, _simple_, #sēscuplex#, _one and

a half fold_, #duplex#, #triplex#, #quadruplex#, #quīncuplex#,

#septemplex#, #decemplex#, #centuplex#; and _proportionals_, used mostly

in the neuter as substantives: #duplus#, _twice as great_, #triplus#,

_three times as great_, #quadruplus#, #septuplus#, #octuplus#. Besides

these there are other adjectives derived from numerals: as, #prīmānus#,

_soldier of the first_: #prīmārius#, _first rate_: #bīmus#, _twinter_,

_two-year-old_; &c., &c.

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