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  • 1 duplex

    dū̆plex, ĭcis (abl. commonly duplici;

    duplice,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 122), adj. [duo-plico], twofold, double.
    I.
    Lit.:

    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.).—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of things made double by being divided into two, cloven, bipartite, double:

    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.—
    2.
    Poet., like the Gr. diplous, of things in pairs, for ambo or uterque, both:

    oculi,

    Lucr. 6, 1145:

    palmae,

    Verg. A. 1, 93; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 327.—
    3.
    Opp. to single, like the Gr. diplous and our double, for thick, strong, stout:

    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). —
    4.
    With quam in post-Aug. prose, for alterum tantum, twice as much as, Col. 1, 8, 8:

    duplex quam ceteris pretium,

    Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9; Quint. 2, 3, 3.
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of words, of a double sense, ambiguous:

    verba dubia et quasi duplicia,

    Quint. 9, 2, 69.—
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > duplex

  • 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 ADJ
    twofold, double; divided; two-faced

    Latin-English dictionary > duplex

  • 3 bifōrmis

        bifōrmis e, adj.    [bi-+forma], of double form, two-formed, two-shaped: Minotaurus, V.: Ianus, O.: pater, i. e. Chiron, O.—Fig., of a poet.: vates, H.
    * * *
    biformis, biforme ADJ
    of double form, two formed; consisting of two parts/forms; two-faced (Janus)

    Latin-English dictionary > bifōrmis

  • 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.
    * * *
    I
    sinistera -um, sinisterior -or -us, sinistimus -a -um ADJ
    left, improper,adverse; inauspicious
    II
    sinistra -um, sinistrior -or -us, sinistimus -a -um ADJ
    left, improper,adverse; inauspicious

    Latin-English dictionary > sinister

  • 5 biplex

    (gen.), biplicis ADJ
    twofold, double; divided; two-faced

    Latin-English dictionary > biplex

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