διπλόος

English (LSJ)

η, ον, contr. διπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, Ion. fem.

   A 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, OT20, 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.HG4.1.32; 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 111, Androm. ap. Gal.13.29, al.