multiplex

multĭ-plex, ĭcis, adj. [multus- * plica] (multīplex, Lucr. 2, 163; 4, 208; n. plur. multiplica, Gell. 19, 7, 16), that has many folds (class.).

I.

Lit.:

alvus est multiplex et tortuosa,

Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 136.—

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.