duplicatio

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.