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δικλίς

diklis

double-folding

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δικλίς, ίδος, ἡ, (κλίνω) A. double-folding, epith. of doors or gates, mostly in pl. with σανίδες, θύραι, πύλαι, Od. 2.345, 17.268, Il. 12.455; later δικλίδες alone, folding-doors, AP 7.182 (Mel.), 5.144 (Asclep.), 255 (Paul. Sil.), etc.: rarely in sg., Theoc. 14.42, AP 5.241 (Eratosth.); δ. θύρη Arat. 193:—written δίκλεις, ειδος, as if from κλείς, double-fastened, Hp. Art. 7 (cf. Gal. ad loc.).
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