dū^plĭcātĭo

ōnis, f.

duplico

I. a doubling (post-Aug.): radiorum, Sen. Q. N. 4, 8; Dig. 9, 4, 31: temporis, ib. 48, 19, 8.—
II. Esp.,
(a). As arithm. t. t., a doubling, multiplication by two, Mart. Cap. 7, § 750.—
(b). As jurid. t. t., the answering of one objection by another, turning an objection upon an adversary, Gai. 4, 127.—
(g). As rhet. fig., = ἀναδίπλωσις, the repetition of a word in beginning a clause, Ruf. Schem. Lex. § 8.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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