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”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(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

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
(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
Derived forms	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)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “διπλόος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339