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δύο

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *dúwo, from Proto-Indo-European *duwó, a variant of *dwóh₁. Cognates include Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Old Armenian երկու (erku), Latin duo, and Old English twā (English two).

Pronunciation

 

Numeral

δύο (dúo) (ordinal δεύτερος, adverbial δίς)

  1. two

Inflection

Various dialects inflected δύο (dúo) differently, and it was sometimes undeclined; this merely represents a sampling of various inflections. Inflection is normally more redundant than shown here.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: δύο (dýo, two)
  • Mariupol Greek: дъы́я (ðýja)
  • Tsakonian: δύου (dýou), δύ’ (dý’) (Southern dialect)
  • Tsakonian: ντύο (ntýo), ντυό (ntyó), ντό (ntó) (Propontis dialect)

References

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Greek

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), from Proto-Hellenic *dúwo, from Proto-Indo-European *duwó, *duwéh₃ (*dwóh₁).

Compare Mariupol Greek дъы́я (ðýja), дъи́я (ðíja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈði.o/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: δύ‧ο
  • Homophone: δύω (dýo)

Numeral

δύο (dýo) (invariable)

  1. two

Examples

Έχω ανάγκη δύο καφέδες για να ξυπνήσω.
Écho anágki dýo kafédes gia na xypníso.
I need two coffees to wake me up.

Usage notes

The stressed form is used to reinforce the number (compare with δυο (dyo)).

δύο μπίρες, όχι μία.
dýo bíres, óchi mía.
two beers, not one.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Noun

δύο (dýo) n (indeclinable)

  1. two (playing card)

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