Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ðíploma/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðíploma/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðíploma/

Noun

δίπλωμα • ‎(díplōma) n ‎(genitive διπλώματος); third declension

1. something double
   1. the parallel streams of the Milky Way
   2. the fetal position
2. folded paper
   1. letter of recommendation, passport, order enabling a traveller to use the public post, receipt of payment of fees or taxes
   2. duplicate, counterpart
3. double pot, for boiling unguents

Inflection

Derived terms

• δίπλωμα ὄνων ‎(díplōma ónōn, “a tax in Egypt”)

References

• δίπλωμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δίπλωμα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «δίπλωμα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «δίπλωμα» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• «δίπλωμα» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

δίπλωμα • ‎(díploma) n ‎(plural διπλώματα)

1. folding of map etc (especially folding in half)
2. diploma, certificate
3. degree (certificate)
4. driver's license (short for δίπλωμα οδήγησης)

Declension