Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), D, Diptycha, Dolo

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（δόλων).

A weapon consisting of a long staff with a short iron point (Verg. Aen. vii. 664).

A secret poniard or dagger inserted in a walking-stick (Tib. Gracch. 10; Claud. 13, Domit. 17) or a whip (Dig. 9, 2, 52).

A small topsail of a ship.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)