'twice hypatos'), was a Byzantine honorary dignity (διὰ βραβείου ἀξία, dia brabeiou axia) in the 9th–11th centuries, intended for "bearded men" (i.e. non-eunuchs).
The title is relatively rarely mentioned in literary sources, and few seals of dishypatoi have been found.
[1][2] Nevertheless, in the Kletorologion, compiled in 899 by Byzantine court official Philotheos, it ranks quite high, being placed below the protospatharios and above the spatharokandidatos.
The Kletorologion also mentions that its characteristic insigne of the rank (βραβείον, brabeion) was a diploma.
[2] In the same period, 'Dishypatos' begins to appear as a surname, becoming more common after the 13th century, when it also became connected with the reigning Palaiologos dynasty.