διπλόος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δῐπλοῦς (diploûs) — Attic, contracted
• δῐπλέος (dipléos) — Ionic
• δῐπλήν (diplḗn), δῐπλῆν (diplên)
• δῐπλᾱ́ς (diplā́s), δῐπλᾶς (diplâs)

Etymology

From δῐ́ς (dís, “twice”) +‎ -πλόος (-plóos, “-fold”). Compare ᾰ̔πλόος (haplóos, “simple”), as well as Latin duplus (“double”), Proto-Germanic *twīflaz (“doubt”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.pló.os/ → /ðiˈplo.os/ → /ðiˈplo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.pló.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈplo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈplo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈplo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈplo.os/

Adjective

δῐπλόος • (diplóos) m (feminine δῐπλόη, neuter δῐπλόον); first/second declension

1. Double
   1. Double thickness
   2. Folded so as to be double, folded in half
   3. Done by two sides against each other, mutual
   4. (grammar) Compound (word)
   5. (comparative) Twice as much, twice as large [with genitive ‘as’]
   6. (Tragic) two
   7. Double-minded, doubtful
2. (neuter, διπλοῦν (diploûn), as substantive) double pot

Inflection

First and second declension of δῐπλόος; δῐπλόη; δῐπλόον (Ionic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐπλόος diplóos	δῐπλόη diplóē	δῐπλόον diplóon		δῐπλόω diplóō	δῐπλόᾱ diplóā	δῐπλόω diplóō		δῐπλόοι diplóoi	δῐπλόαι diplóai	δῐπλόᾰ diplóa
Genitive		δῐπλόου diplóou	δῐπλόης diplóēs	δῐπλόου diplóou		δῐπλόοιν diplóoin	δῐπλόαιν diplóain	δῐπλόοιν diplóoin		δῐπλόων diplóōn	δῐπλοέων / δῐπλοῶν diploéōn / diploôn	δῐπλόων diplóōn
Dative		δῐπλόῳ diplóōi	δῐπλόῃ diplóēi	δῐπλόῳ diplóōi		δῐπλόοιν diplóoin	δῐπλόαιν diplóain	δῐπλόοιν diplóoin		δῐπλόοισῐ / δῐπλόοισῐν / δῐπλόοις diplóoisi(n) / diplóois	δῐπλόῃσῐ / δῐπλόῃσῐν diplóēisi(n)	δῐπλόοισῐ / δῐπλόοισῐν / δῐπλόοις diplóoisi(n) / diplóois
Accusative		δῐπλόον diplóon	δῐπλόην diplóēn	δῐπλόον diplóon		δῐπλόω diplóō	δῐπλόᾱ diplóā	δῐπλόω diplóō		δῐπλόους diplóous	δῐπλόᾱς diplóās	δῐπλόᾰ diplóa
Vocative		δῐπλόε diplóe	δῐπλόη diplóē	δῐπλόον diplóon		δῐπλόω diplóō	δῐπλόᾱ diplóā	δῐπλόω diplóō		δῐπλόοι diplóoi	δῐπλόαι diplóai	δῐπλόᾰ diplóa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δῐπλόως diplóōs				—				—
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Synonyms

• (two): δύο (dúo), δοιός (doiós)
• (double pot): δίπλωμα (díplōma)

Descendants

• Greek: διπλός (diplós), δίπλα (dípla)

Further reading

• “διπλόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διπλόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “διπλόος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• διπλόος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “διπλόος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• διπλόος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)