Noun: diple
| Singular | diple |
| Plural | diples; diplae |
Sample Sentences
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The statement rests entirely on the inferences which Buecheler drew from an admitteldy corrupt passage in the text of Velius Longus which, by means of the deletions which I have indicated by square brackets, and the additions which I have enclosed between diplae, was made to read as follows : [...]. [1949 July 26, Relivo P. Oliver, “The Claudian Letter Ⱶ”, in American Journal of Archaeology, volume 53, number 3, page 249:]
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That is why players prefer to play the diple with bellows, because the bellows makes it possible for them to play continuously. [2014, Jasmina Talam, Folk Musical Instruments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, page 190:]
Nouns inflected like diple
oenochoe,
Perate,
paraselene,
quadragene,
diple,
phyle,
valvule,
pericope,
Quadragene,
metrete,
nymphe,
acne,
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διπλῆ (diplê), from διπλοῦς (diploûs).