- δίγαμος
- δίγαμος, ον① married to two people at the same time (Manetho, Apotel. 5, 291). See 2 for Tit 1:9 v.l.② married for the second time (Stesichorus [VII/VI B.C.] Fgm. 17, 4 Diehl [223, 4 Page; on this schol., Eur., Or. 249] δ. w. τρίγαμος of women who leave their husbands and marry a second or third time [s. DELG s.v. γαμέω]. Eccl. writers [Hippol., Elench. 9, 12, 22 Wendl. al.] use it of a normal second marriage; δίγ. in this sense Leontius 13 p. 26, 10; τρίγαμος γυνή=married for the third time Theocr. 12, 5. Normal marriage is also kept in mind in Ptolem., Apotel. 4, 5, 1; 2: ἄγαμος=unmarried, μονόγαμος=married once, πολύγαμος [also 4, 5, 4] married several times) Tit 1:9 v.l. in a prohibition against laying hands on persons who have entered a second marriage, the ideal being to be married only once, s. on 1 Ti 3:2, 12; Tit 1:6, s.v. εἷς 2b.—DELG s.v. γαμέω.
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