duplicatio
From LSJ
Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dū̆plĭcātĭo: ōnis, f. duplico,
I a doubling (post-Aug.): radiorum, i. e. reflection, Sen. Q. N. 4, 8; Dig. 9, 4, 31: temporis, ib. 48, 19, 8.—
II Esp.,
(a) As arithm. t. t., a doubling, multiplication by two, Mart. Cap. 7, § 750.—
(b) As jurid. t. t., the answering of one objection by another, turning an objection upon an adversary, Gai. 4, 127.—
(g) As rhet. fig., = ἀναδίπλωσις, the repetition of a word in beginning a clause, Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 8.
