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—1:i;'62 NUMERAL ADJECTIVES. § 24the other compound numbers, the larger precedes without et,or the smaller with et ; as, vicesimus quartus, or quartus etvicesimus.8. Distributives are used in a variety of ways, as 1st. Jnmultiplication, -with adverbial numerals ; as, bis bina, tw icetwo,i e. four ; bis senos, twice six, i. e. twelve. 2d. Insteadof cardinals, with words which have no singular; as, bincodicilli, two writings ; or with nouns in the plural having themeaning of a singular, but still different from the meaning ofthe same word in the singular number (§ 18, 24, or 96-24)as, bina castra, bi?ice cedes, bince literce ; two camps, two houses,two epistles. Duo, duce, with these nouns, would mean twoforts or castles ; two temples ; two letters of the alphabet.3d. Bini is used for duo, to denote things which exist in pairs;as, bini boves, a pair of oxen ; bince aures, two ears. In ordinarylanguage, distributives occur only in the plural—amongthe poets sometimes in the singular in the sense of multiplicatives;as, centena arbore ( = centum arboribus), literally " witha tree a hundred fold." See also No. 11.9. The singular of some distributives, is sometimes used inthe sense of a multiplicative ; as, binus, two-fold, &c.IY.MULTIPLICATIVE NUMBERS.107.Multiplicatives denote how many fold ; they all endin ex, and are declined Ydaefelix (99-1). They are as follows :Simplex, single.Duplex, double.Quadriiplex, fourfold.Quintuplex, fivefold.Triplex, threefold Centuplex, a hundredfold,