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δίπτυχος

δίπτυχος, double-folded, doubled

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δίπτυχον Adjective: masculine accusative singular, Adjective: feminine accusative singular, Adjective: neuter nominative singular, Adjective: neuter vocative singular, Adjective: neuter accusative singular of δίπτυχος

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δί-πτῠχος, ον, (πτύσσω)
  • double-folded, doubled, δίπτυχον ἀμφʼ ὤμοισιν ἔχων . . λώπην Od. 13.224 (so δίπτυχα λώπην, metaplast. acc. as if from δίπτυξ, A.R. 2.32); δ. δελτίον a pair of tablets, Hdt. 7.239; δ. κάτοπτρον folding mirror, BGU 717.12; κωδίκιλλοι δ. ib. 326ii 15 (ii A. D.):—in the Homeric phrase δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες [τὴν κνίσην], δίπτυχα is interpr. by Sch. BT as an Adv., having doubled the fat, i. e. putting one layer of fat under the thighs (μηροί) and another over them, but may be acc., = fold, Il. 1.461, al.
    • II twofold, δ. δῶρον E. Ion 1010; γλῶσσα Id. Tr. 286: in pl., = δισσοί, two, δ. ὀδύναι S. Fr. 152; νεανίαι E. IT 242, cf. Or. 633, Andr. 578, Ar. Fr. 558.
    • III δίπτυχα, τά, = Lat. tabulae, SIG 827 i 9 (Delph., ii A. D.).

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