διπλόος, η, ον,
contraction διπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν,
Ionic dialect feminine διπλέη [
Refs 5th c.BC+] codices, but διπλήν or
-ῆν [
Refs], διπλάς or
-ᾶς [
Refs]:
contraction always in Trag, except διπλόοι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:—
twofold, double, properly of cloaks and articles of dress, χλαῖνα διπλῆ, ={δίπλαξ} or διπλοΐς, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅθι. διπλόος ἤντετο θώρηξ where the cuirass met [the buckle]
so as to be double, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν ἐπωμίδα πτύξας διπλῆν having folded it
double, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; παῖσον διπλῆν (i.e. πληγήν) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
of two stories, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; διπλῆ ἄκανθα spine
bent double by age, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; διπλῆ [ῥάχις] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
executed in duplicate, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
2) διπλῇ χερὶ θανεῖν by
mutual slaughter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) δ. ὀνόματα
compound words, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
4) of fevers in which two paroxysms took place in a given time, δ. ἀμφημερινός, τριταῖος, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
5) δ. ἰσότης, ={διπλοϊσότης} (which see), Dioph.p.98T, etc.
6) δ. ἄνδρας· τὰ δισύλλαβα ἀνδρῶν ὀνόματα, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
II) as
comparative,
twice as much, large, etc, βίος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἢ.
twice as much as. (see. διπλῇ): with
genitive, [
Refs]; διπλοῦν ὀφείλειν ὅσον. Legal cited in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; διπλῷ, ={διπλῇ}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
plural, in Trag, ={δύο}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV)
double, doubtful, οὐ γνώμᾳ διπλόαν θέτο βουλάν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.2)
double-minded, treacherous, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also,
playing two parts, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
at variance with oneself, [
Refs]
V) διπλοῦν, τό, ={δίπλωμα}[
Refs 1st c.AD+]