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δύο
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See also: δυο
Ancient Greek
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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dý.o/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdy.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðy.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðy.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.o/
Numeral
δύο • (dúo) (ordinal δεύτερος, adverbial δίς)
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
- δυοκαίδεκα (duokaídeka)
- δώδεκα (dṓdeka)
- δῐ́ς (dĭ́s)
- δι- (di-)
Descendants
References
- “δύο”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δύο”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δύο”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δύο in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- δύο in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δύο in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “δύο”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1417 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- two idem, page 904.
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Greek
Alternative forms
- δυο (dyo)
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
Numeral
δύο • (dýo) (invariable)
Examples
Usage notes
The stressed form is used to reinforce the number (compare with δυο (dyo)).
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- δυόμισι (dyómisi, “half past two, two and a half”)
Related terms
- δυαδικός (dyadikós)
Noun
δύο • (dýo) n (indeclinable)
- two (playing card)
Further reading
- δύο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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