δικλίδες
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f. pl.
Meaning: double folding(θύραι, πύλαι etc.) (Il.); also subst. (Theoc.).
Other forms: late also sg.
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]
Etymology: Compound of δι- (s. δίς) and κλι- in κλίνω (s. v.), κλί-σις. Cf. δίκλεις, s.v. κλείς.
Frisk Etymology German
δικλίδες: (θύραι, πύλαι usw.)
{diklídes}
Grammar: f. pl. (hell. und spät auch sg.)
Meaning: doppelt angelehnt, zweiflügelig (poet. seit Il.); auch Subst. (Theok., AP).
Etymology : Freie Zusammenbildung aus δι- (s. δίς) und κλι- in κλίνω (s. d.), κλίσις nach den Femminen auf -ίς, -ίδος.
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