duplicatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dū̆plĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [duplico],

I a doubling (post-Aug.): radiorum, i. e. reflection , Sen. Q. N. 4, 8; Dig. 9, 4, 31: temporis, ib. 48, 19, 8.—

II Esp.,

α As arithm. t. t., a doubling , multiplication by two , Mart. Cap. 7, § 750.—

β As jurid. t. t., the answering of one objection by another , turning an objection upon an adversary , Gai. 4, 127.—

γ As rhet. fig., = ἀναδίπλωσις, the repetition of a word in beginning a clause, Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 8.