δισσός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[διττός]], Ion. [[διξός]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), ή, όν, ([[δίς]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[twofold]], [[double]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.44</span>, <span class="bibl">7.70</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>198d</span>, etc. Adv. [[διττῶς]], opp. [[ἁπλῶς]], [[doubly]], [[in two ways]], <b class="b3">δ. [γνώριμα</b>] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1095b2</span>; <b class="b3">διττῶς λέγεσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1096b13</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[executed in duplicate]], ἀποχή <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1024.39</span> (ii A. D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> pl., [[two]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.44</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.40</span>,<span class="bibl">52</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>957</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>57</span>, etc.: with a dual, δισσοὶ προάγοντε μάλιστα <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Comm.Math.</span> 25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., [[divided]], [[disagreeing]] in [[mind]], <b class="b3">λήμασι δισσούς</b> (<b class="b3">λήμασιν ἴσους</b> Dind.) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>122</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[doubtful]], [[ambiguous]], ὄνειροι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>645</span>; [[τὸ δισσόν]] = [[ambiguity]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1261b29</span>. Adv. [[διττῶς]] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">SE</span>180a15</span>.</span>