diplae

Noun

diple (plural diples or diplae)

1. A mark > once used in margins to draw attention to an important passage in a text.
2. Either of the less than and greater than signs (< and >).
   • The statement rests entirely on the inferences which Buecheler drew from an admitteldy corrupt passage in the text of Velius Longus which, by means of the deletions which I have indicated by square brackets, and the additions which I have enclosed between diplae, was made to read as follows : [...].1949 July, Relivo P. Oliver, “The Claudian Letter Ⱶ”, in American Journal of Archaeology, volume 53, number 3, page 249
3. A traditional woodwind instrument used in Serbian, Croatian and Montenegrin music.
   • That is why players prefer to play the diple with bellows, because the bellows makes it possible for them to play continuously.2014, Jasmina Talam, Folk Musical Instruments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, page 190

   Synonyms:

   dvojnice, dvojanke