δίπλωμα
Θεῷ μάχεσθαι δεινόν ἐστι καὶ τύχῃ → Obsistere est difficile fortunae et deo → Mit Gott zu kämpfen ist gefährlich und dem Glück
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A anything double: hence of the parallel streams of the 'milky way', Arist.Mete. 346a24; of 'doubled' position of foetus at birth, Sor.2.60, Philum. ap.Aët.16.23. II folded paper: hence, letter of recommendation, esp. passport, Cic.Att.10.17.4, Fam.6.12.3; later, order enabling a traveller to use the public post, Plu.Galb.8, OGI665.25 (Egypt, i A. D.), etc.; receipt for payment of licences or taxes, PAmh.2.92 (ii A. D.), etc. 2 duplicate, counterpart, CIG3276 (Smyrna). 3 δ. ὄνων, tax in Egypt, BGU213 (ii A. D.); δ. ἵππων PAmh.2.92.21 (ii A. D.). III double pot for boiling unguents, etc., Dsc.2.77, Crito ap.Gal.13.37.
