δύο

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δύω (Epic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *duwó, *duwéh₃ (*dwóh₁). Cognates include Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Old Armenian երկու (erku), Latin duo, and Old English twā (English two).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /dý.o/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /dýo/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ðýo/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ðýo/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ðío/

Numeral

δύο (duo) Ordinal: δεύτερος, Adverbial: δίς

1. (cardinal): two

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Dual	Plural
Nominative	δύο	δύο
Genitive	δυοῖν/δυεῖν	δυῶν
Dative	δυοῖν/δυεῖν	δυσί
Accusative		δύο

Various dialects inflected δύο differently. This merely represents a sampling of various inflections. Inflection is normally more redundant than shown here.

Descendants

• Greek: δύο (dýo, “two”)

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G1417

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Greek

Greek cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : δύο     Ordinal : δεύτερος

Alternative forms

• δυο (dyo)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈðiˌo̞]
• Hyphenation: δύ‧ο

Audio

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Numeral

δύο (dýo) (invariable)

1. (cardinal) two

Usage notes

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

Δύο μπίρες, όχι μία. (Two beers, not one.)

See also

• Appendix of Greek numerals