διπλόοσ, η, ον, contr. διπλοῦσ, ῆ, οῦν, Ion. fem. διπλέηHdt.3.42 codd., but διπλήν or -ῆνId.5.90, διπλάσ or -ᾶσId.3.28: contr. always in Trag., exc. διπλόοιA.Fr.39: (cf. ἁπλόοσ):—
twofold, double,
prop. of cloaks and articles of dress, χλαῖνα διπλῆ, = δίπλαξ or διπλοί̈ς,Il.10.134, Od.19.226; ὅθι ..διπλόος ἤντετο θώρηξ where the cuirass met [the buckle]
so as to be double,
Il.4.133; τὴν ἐπωμίδα πτύξας διπλῆν having folded it
by age, E.El.492; διπλῆ ῥάχισ> X.Eq.1.11; σύμβολον δ.
executed in duplicate,
PHib.1.29(iii B. C.). 2.διπλῇ χερὶ θανεῖν by
mutual
slaughter, S.Ant.14. 3.δ. ὀνόματα
compound
words, Arist.Po.1459a9, Rh.1404b29, etc. 4. of fevers in which two paroxysms took place in a given time, δ. ἀμφημερινός, τριταῖος,Gal.7.472, 9.677. 5.δ. ἰσότης, = διπλοϊσότησ (q. v.), Dioph.p.98T., etc. 6.δ. ἄνδρας· τὰ δισύλλαβα ἀνδρῶν ὀνόματα,Hsch.II. as Comp.,
twice as much, large,
etc., βίοσPl.Ti.75b; δίκηId.Lg.865c; δ. ἢ ..
twice as much as
..(v. διπλῇ): c. gen., Id.Ti.35b; διπλοῦν ὀφείλειν ὅσον ..Lex ap.D.23.28; διπλῷ, = διπλῇ, Pl.Lg.722b. III. pl., in Trag., = δύο, A.Pr.950, Ch.761, S.Aj.960, OT20, Ant.51. IV.