διπλάσιος: Difference between revisions

|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> <b class="b2">two-fold</b><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 <b class="b2">to fold</b> (IE <b class="b2">*pel-</b>), cf. [[ἁπλόος]] etc. (s. v.). Goth. <b class="b2">ain-falÞs</b> <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).