διπλόος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

δῐπλοῦς (dĭploûs) — Attic, contracted
δῐπλέος (dĭpléos) — Ionic
δῐπλήν (dĭplḗn), δῐπλῆν (dĭplên)
δῐπλᾱ́ς (dĭplā́s), δῐπλᾶς (dĭplâs)

Etymology

From δῐ́ς (dĭ́s, “twice”) +‎ -πλόος (-plóos, “-fold”). Compare ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos, “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 • (dĭplóos) 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 dĭplóos	δῐπλόη dĭplóē	δῐπλόον dĭplóon	δῐπλόω dĭplóō	δῐπλόᾱ dĭplóā	δῐπλόω dĭplóō	δῐπλόοι dĭplóoi	δῐπλόαι dĭplóai	δῐπλόᾰ dĭplóă
Genitive	δῐπλόου dĭplóou	δῐπλόης dĭplóēs	δῐπλόου dĭplóou	δῐπλόοιν dĭplóoin	δῐπλόαιν dĭplóain	δῐπλόοιν dĭplóoin	δῐπλόων dĭplóōn	δῐπλοέων / δῐπλοῶν dĭploéōn / dĭploôn	δῐπλόων dĭplóōn
Dative	δῐπλόῳ dĭplóōi	δῐπλόῃ dĭplóēi	δῐπλόῳ dĭplóōi	δῐπλόοιν dĭplóoin	δῐπλόαιν dĭplóain	δῐπλόοιν dĭplóoin	δῐπλόοισῐ / δῐπλόοισῐν / δῐπλόοις dĭplóoisĭ(n) / dĭplóois	δῐπλόῃσῐ / δῐπλόῃσῐν dĭplóēisĭ(n)	δῐπλόοισῐ / δῐπλόοισῐν / δῐπλόοις dĭplóoisĭ(n) / dĭplóois
Accusative	δῐπλόον dĭplóon	δῐπλόην dĭplóēn	δῐπλόον dĭplóon	δῐπλόω dĭplóō	δῐπλόᾱ dĭplóā	δῐπλόω dĭplóō	δῐπλόους dĭplóous	δῐπλόᾱς dĭplóās	δῐπλόᾰ dĭplóă
Vocative	δῐπλόε dĭplóe	δῐπλόη dĭplóē	δῐπλόον dĭplóon	δῐπλόω dĭplóō	δῐπλόᾱ dĭplóā	δῐπλόω dĭplóō	δῐπλόοι dĭplóoi	δῐπλόαι dĭplóai	δῐπλόᾰ dĭplóă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	δῐπλόως dĭplóōs			—			—
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