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διπλόος

διπλόος, διπλοῦς, double, twofold

διπλόος, η, ον, contr. διπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, Ion. fem. διπλέη Hdt. 3.42 codd., but διπλήν or -ῆν Id. 5.90, διπλάς or -ᾶς Id. 3.28: contr. always in Trag., exc. διπλόοι A. Fr. 39: (cf. ἁπλόος):—
  • twofold, double, prop. of cloaks and articles of dress, χλαῖνα διπλῆ, = δίπλαξ or διπλοΐς, Il. 10.134, Od. 19.226; ὅθι . . διπλόος ἤντετο θώρηξ where the cuirass met [the buckle] so as to be double, Il. 4.133; τὴν ἐπωμίδα πτύξας διπλῆν having folded it double, Apollod.Car. 4: generally, καλύβη διπλῆ διαφράγματι Th. 1.133; διπλόος θάνατος Hdt. 6.104; παῖσον διπλῆν (sc. πληγήν) S. El. 1415; δ. οἰκίδιον of two stories, Lys. 1.9; διπλῆ ἄκανθα spine bent double by age, E. El. 492; διπλῆ <ῥάχις> X. Eq. 1.11; σύμβολον δ. executed in duplicate, PHib. 1.29 (iii B. C.).
      • 2 διπλῇ χερὶ θανεῖν by mutual slaughter, S. Ant. 14.
      • 3 δ. ὀνόματα compound words, Arist. Po. 1459a9, Rh. 1404b29, etc.
      • 4 of fevers in which two paroxysms took place in a given time, δ. ἀμφημερινός, τριταῖος, Gal. 7.472, 9.677.
      • 5 δ. ἰσότης, = διπλοϊσότης (q. v.), Dioph.p.98T., etc.
      • 6 δ. ἄνδρας· τὰ δισύλλαβα ἀνδρῶν ὀνόματα, Hsch.
    • II as Comp., twice as much, large, etc., βίος Pl. Ti. 75b; δίκη Id. Lg. 865c; δ. ἢ . . twice as much as . . (v. διπλῇ): c. gen., Id. Ti. 35b; διπλοῦν ὀφείλειν ὅσον . . Lex ap. D. 23.28; διπλῷ, = διπλῇ, Pl. Lg. 722b.
    • III pl., in Trag., = δύο, A. Pr. 950, Ch. 761, S. Aj. 960, OT 20, Ant. 51.
    • IV double, doubtful, οὐ γνώμᾳ διπλόαν θέτο βουλάν Pi. N. 10.89; διπλᾶς καὶ ἀμφιβόλους λέξεις Ph. 1.302.
      • 2 double-minded, treacherous, E. Rh. 395, etc.; οὐδὲν δ. X. HG 4.1.32; δ. καὶ ποικίλος D.H. Rh. 11.5; also, playing two parts, Pl. R. 397e; at variance with oneself, ib. 554d.
    • V διπλοῦν, τό, = δίπλωμα III, Androm. ap. Gal. 13.29, al.

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