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1 duplex
dū̆plex, ĭcis (abl. commonly duplici;I.duplice,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 122), adj. [duo-plico], twofold, double.Lit.:B.et duplices hominum facies et corpora bina,
Lucr. 4, 452; cf.aër (with geminus),
id. 4, 274:cursus (with duae viae),
Cic. Tusc. 1, 30:pars (opp. simplex),
Quint. 8, 5, 4; cf. id. 4, 4, 5:modus (opp. par and sesquiplex),
Cic. Or. 57, 193 et saep.:duplici de semine,
Lucr. 4, 1229:quem locum duplici altissimo muro munierant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 29, 3:fossa duodenūm pedum,
id. ib. 7, 36 fin.:vallum,
id. B. C. 3, 63, 3:rates,
id. ib. 1, 25, 6:tabellae,
consisting of two leaves, Suet. Aug. 27:dorsum,
consisting of two boards, Verg. G. 1, 172:acies,
Caes. B. G. 3, 24, 1; id. B. C. 1, 83, 1; 3, 67, 3 al.; cf.proelium,
Suet. Aug. 13:seditio,
id. Tib. 25:triumphus,
id. Dom. 6:cura,
id. Tib. 8 et saep.—Prov.:duplex fit bonitas, simul accessit celeritas,
who gives promptly gives twice, Pub. Syr. 141 (Rib.).—Transf.1.Of things made double by being divided into two, cloven, bipartite, double:2.ne duplices habeatis linguas, ne ego bilingues vos necem,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 7; cf. id. As. 3, 3, 105:ficus,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 122; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 52; Veg. Vet. 2, 10, 6 (1, 38, p. 265 Bip; cf. id. 1, 56, p. 281 Bip.):folia palmae,
Plin. 16, 24, 38, § 90:lex,
Quint. 7, 7, 10.—Poet., like the Gr. diplous, of things in pairs, for ambo or uterque, both:3.oculi,
Lucr. 6, 1145:palmae,
Verg. A. 1, 93; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 327.—Opp. to single, like the Gr. diplous and our double, for thick, strong, stout:4.clavi,
Cato R. R. 20:amiculum,
Nep. Dat. 3; cf.pannus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 25:fenus,
Prop. 3 (4), 1, 22 (for which:magnum fenus,
Tib. 2, 6, 22). —With quam in post-Aug. prose, for alterum tantum, twice as much as, Col. 1, 8, 8:II.duplex quam ceteris pretium,
Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9; Quint. 2, 3, 3.Trop.1. 2.In poets, like the Gr. diplous, of character, qs. double-tongued, double-faced, i. e. false, deceitful:Ulixes,
Hor. C. 1, 6, 7:Amathusia,
Cat. 68, 51; so,animo,
Vulg. Jacob. 1, 8; 4, 8.— Adv.: dū̆plĭcĭter, doubly, on two accounts, Lucr. 6, 510; Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104; id. Fam. 9, 20:res conscriptae,
ambiguously, Arn. 5, p. 182; Vulg. Sirach, 23, 13. -
2 duplex
duplex icis (abl. icī; rarely ice, H.), adj. [duo + PLEC-], twofold, double: murus, Cs.: vallum, Cs.: rates, in double rows, Cs.: dorsum, consisting of two boards, V.: pannus, doubled, H.: ficus, cloven, H.: amiculum, of two thicknesses, N.: gemmis auroque corona, of twofold material, V.: Latonae genus, the two children, V.— Twice as long, twice as great, double: stipendium, Cs.: modus: dedecus.— Two, a choice of two: duas esse vias duplicīsque cursūs: opinio.—Poet., a pair, both: palmae, V.— Complex, compound: duplicis iuris Natura, H.—Fig., double-tongued, deceitful: Ulixes, H.* * *(gen.), duplicis ADJtwofold, double; divided; two-faced -
3 bifōrmis
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4 sinister
sinister tra, trum, adj., with comp. [a double comp. of uncertain origin], left, on the left, on the left hand, at the left side: in sinistro cornu, on the left wing, Cs.: angulus castrorum, Cs.: ripa, H.: tibia, Ph.: manus, N.—As subst f. (sc. manus): sinistrā inpeditā, Cs.: natae ad furta sinistrae, O.: a sinistrā, on the left: miles dextrā ac sinistrā muro tectus, Cs.— Plur m. as subst. (sc. ordines): sinistris additae vires (opp. dextra pars), L.: sinisterior rota, O.—In augury (because the Roman augurs faced south, with the propitious East on the left), favorable, auspicious, fortunate, lucky: ita nobis sinistra videntur, Graiis et barbaris dextra, meliora: cornix, V.: tonitrūs, O.—(As in Greek augury, where the face was northward), unlucky, unfavorable, inauspicious: Di, precor, a nobis omen removete sinistrum, O.: avibus sinistris, O.: sinistrum fulmen nuntiare.—Fig., wrong, perverse, improper: mores, V.: natura, Cu.— Unlucky, injurious, adverse, unfavorable, bad: Notus pecori sinister, V.: interpretatio, Ta.—As subst n.: (matrona) studiosa sinistri, of evil, O.* * *Isinistera -um, sinisterior -or -us, sinistimus -a -um ADJleft, improper,adverse; inauspiciousIIsinistra -um, sinistrior -or -us, sinistimus -a -um ADJleft, improper,adverse; inauspicious -
5 biplex
(gen.), biplicis ADJtwofold, double; divided; two-faced
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