διπλόος, η, ον,
contraction διπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, Ionic dialect feminine διπλέη [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.42] Refs 5th c.BC+] codices, but διπλήν or -ῆν [[[prev. author] 5.90] Refs], διπλάς or -ᾶς [[[prev. author] 3.28 ] Refs]: contraction always in Trag., except διπλόοι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 39: (compare ἁπλόος)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—twofold, double, properly of cloaks and articles of dress, χλαῖνα διπλῆ, ={δίπλαξ} or διπλοΐς, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.134, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.226 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅθι.. διπλόος ἤντετο θώρηξ where the cuirass met [the buckle] so as to be double, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.133 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν ἐπωμίδα πτύξας διπλῆν having folded it double, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Carystius Comicus 4: generally, καλύβη διπλῆ διαφράγματι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.133; διπλόος θάνατος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.104 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παῖσον διπλῆν (i.e. πληγήν) [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1415; δ. οἰκίδιον ] Refs 5th c.BC+]of two stories, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διπλῆ ἄκανθα spine bent double by age, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 492 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διπλῆ [ῥάχις] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.11; σύμβολον δ. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]executed in duplicate, [[ PHib. 1.29 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 διπλῇ χερὶ θανεῖν by mutual slaughter, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 δ. ὀνόματα compound words, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1459a9, “Rh.” 1404b29, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]