διπλάσιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰ], α, ον,</b> Ion. διπλ-ήσιος, η, ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[twofold]], [[double]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.68</span>, etc.: never in Trag. (<b class="b3">δίκρουν</b> is prob. in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>152</span>): freq. as Comp. folld. by <b class="b3">ἤ</b>… <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.57</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.10</span>, etc.; also <b class="b3">διπλήσιον ἢ ὅσον</b>… <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.23</span>: or c. gen., [[twice the size of]], <span class="bibl">Id.6.133</span>; δ. ἐγίνετο αὐτὸς ἑωυτοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.8.137</span>; διπλάσια τῶν ἄλλων <span class="bibl">D.18.238</span>; δ. τῆς ἀληθείας <span class="bibl">Philem.160</span>; <b class="b3">διπλασίοις ἐλάττω</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὰ χρήματα</b>) <span class="bibl">D.27.52</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Subst. <b class="b3">διπλήσιον, τό,</b> [[as much again]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.103</span>: as Adv., διπλάσιον σπεύδουσι <span class="bibl">Thgn. 229</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">διπλασίαν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ζημίαν</b>), πράττεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>762b</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν δ. καταδικάζειν</b> Lexap.<span class="bibl">D.24.105</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Adv. -ως <span class="bibl">Th.8.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.645</span>; δ. ἄμεινον <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.122</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>7.611 (Eutolm.).</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[twofold]], [[double]] (Thgn.).<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">διπλασίων</b> (Arist.). Ion. <b class="b3">διπλήσιος</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">διπλασιάζω</b> [[redouble]] (Att. etc.) with <b class="b3">διπλασιασμός</b> and <b class="b3">διπλασίασις</b>, <b class="b3">διπλασιαστικός</b>.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [802] <b class="b2">*du̯i-pl̥-to-</b> [[two-fold]]<br />Etymology: From a verbal adjectiv <b class="b3">*δί-πλατος</b> formally changed after the <b class="b3">ιο-</b>adjectives like <b class="b3">ἀμβρόσιος</b> from <b class="b3">ἄμβροτος</b>, <b class="b3">διφάσιος</b> from <b class="b3">δίφατος</b> etc. (Schwyzer 466, Chantr. Form. 41). The basis is a verb meaning [[to fold]] (IE <b class="b2">*pel-</b>), cf. [[ἁπλόος]] etc. (s. v.). Goth. [[ain-falÞs]] <b class="b2">one-fold > simple</b> and other Germanic formations contain a word for [[fold]], ONo. [[faldr]] m., PGm. <b class="b2">*fálÞa-z</b>, IE <b class="b2">*pól-tos</b>, formed like <b class="b3">φόρ-τος</b> a. o. - Ion. <b class="b3">διπλήσιος</b> is an innovation after <b class="b3">παραπλήσιος</b> a. o., hell. <b class="b3">διπλασίων</b> after the comparatives in <b class="b3">-ίων</b> (Schwyzer 598 n. 10, 536 n. 3), <b class="b3">διπλάδιος</b> (AP, pap.) after <b class="b3">διχθάδιος</b> etc. (cf. Schwyzer 467).