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* multĭplĭcābĭlĭs, e, adj. [multiplico], manifold, a word formed by Cicero in translating a passage of Sophocles (Trach. 1046 sq.): tortu multiplicabili Draconem, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22 (Sophocles has only δράκοντα).

multĭplĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [multiplico], a making manifold, increasing, multiplying (postAug.).

  1. I. In gen.: frugum, Col. 3, 2, 5: quinariarum, Front. Aquaed. 34: temporum, Sen. Ep. 12, 6.
  2. II. In partic., multiplication, Col. 5, 2, 1; Vitr. 9, 1; 10, 16.

multĭplĭcātor, ōris, m. [multiplico], a multiplier (post-class.): herilium talentorum multiplicator, Paul. Nol. Ep. 44.
As math. t. t., the multiplier, Boëth. de Music. 2, 27 al.