δίπλωμα

From δῐπλόω (diplóō, “I double”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, result noun suffix).

δῐ́πλωμᾰ • (díplōma) n (genitive δῐπλώμᾰτος); 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

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

• “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 (2006–2024)
• 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

From Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma), equivalent to διπλώνω (diplóno, “to fold”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

• IPA^(key): /ˈði.plo.ma/
• Hyphenation: δί‧πλω‧μα

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)