δίπτυχος

diptychos

double-folded, doubled

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3458
Book 12 1
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12361
Book 13 1
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13224
Iliad 2
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Book 1 1
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1461
Book 2 1
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2424

Dictionary (LSJ)

δίπτυχος, ον, (πτύσσω) A. double-folded, doubled, δίπτυχον ἀμφʼ ὤμοισιν ἔχων . . λώπην Od. 13.224 (so δίπτυχα λώπην, metaplast. acc. as if from δίπτυξ, A.R. 2.32); δ. δελτίον a pair of tablets, Hdt. 7.239; δ. κάτοπτρον folding mirror, BGU 717.12; κωδίκιλλοι δ. ib.326ii 15 (ii A. D.):—in the Homeric phrase δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες [τὴν κνίσην], δίπτυχα is interpr. by Sch. BT as an Adv., having doubled the fat, i. e. putting one layer of fat under the thighs (μηροί) and another over them, but may be acc., = fold, Il. 1.461, al. II. twofold, δ. δῶρον E. Ion 1010; γλῶσσα Id. Tr. 286: in pl., = δισσοί, two, δ. ὀδύναι S. Fr. 152; νεανίαι E. IT 242, cf. Or. 633, Andr. 578, Ar. Fr. 558. III. δίπτυχα, τά, = Lat. tabulae, SIG 827 i 9 (Delph., ii A. D.).

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