quadruplus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

quā̆drŭplus (quā̆drŭpŭlus, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 49 Fleck.), a, um, adj. [quattuor],

fourfold , quadruple (rare as adj.): strena, Suet. Tib. 34: numerus, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 19, 21; 2, 1, 19.— Subst.: quā̆drŭplum , i, n., a fourfold amount , four times as much , quadruple (class.): furem dupli condemnari, feneratorem quadrupli, to a fourfold penalty , Cato R. R. prooem.: judicium in aratorem in quadruplum dare, to sentence the cultivator , who did not deliver the quantity of grain fixed by law , to pay four times as much , Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 13, § 34; Plin. Pan. 40: elephanto pulmo quadruplo major bubulo, four times as large , Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 203: actio quadrupli, Dig. 4, 2, 14; 2, 8, 5; Gai. Inst. 3, 192; 4, 4: in quadruplum damnari, Dig. 48, 13, 13: si quid aliquem defraudavi reddo quadruplum, Vulg. Luc. 19, 8.