LogeionPerseus analysis of δίπτυχα:
δίπτυχος (double-folded, doubled): neut nom/voc/acc pl
LSJ entry
δίπτῠχος
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.