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.