δίκροος

English (LSJ)

α, ον, contr. δίκρους, α, ουν; or δικρόος, contr. δικροῦς, ᾶ, οῦν; also written δίκρος, α, ον:—

   A forked, cloven, γλώσσημα A.Fr. 152, cf. X.Cyn.10.7; ξύλον Timocl.9.6; χηλή Arist.HA590b25, etc.; of a serpent's tongue, Id.PA660b6, al.; of the womb, in selachians, Id.HA511a6; of muscles and tendons, Gal.2.369; δίκρα ῥίζα Thphr. HP9.11.3; δικροῖς ἐώθουν τὴν θεὸν—κεκράγμασιν (παρὰ προσδοκίαν for ξύλοις) Ar.Pax637; δίκρουν or δικροῦν, τό, bifurcation, Hp.Coac. 225, cf. Pl.Ti.78b; also δικρόα, ἡ, X.Cyn.9.19, Thphr.HP2.6.9.