Διόσκορος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Διόσκουρος (Dióskouros)

Etymology

From Ζεύς (Zeús, “Zeus”) +‎ κόρος (kóros, “boy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ós.ko.ros/ → /ðiˈos.ko.ros/ → /ðiˈos.ko.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ós.ko.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈos.ko.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈos.ko.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈos.ko.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈos.ko.ros/

Proper noun

Δῐόσκορος • (Dióskoros) m (genitive Δῐοσκόρου); second declension

1. a Dioscurus; one of the two Dioscuri; either one of Castor or Pollux

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Δῐόσκορος; τοῦ Δῐοσκόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Δῐόσκορος ho Dióskoros	τὼ Δῐοσκόρω tṑ Dioskórō	οἱ Δῐόσκοροι hoi Dióskoroi
Genitive	τοῦ Δῐοσκόρου toû Dioskórou	τοῖν Δῐοσκόροιν toîn Dioskóroin	τῶν Δῐοσκόρων tôn Dioskórōn
Dative	τῷ Δῐοσκόρῳ tôi Dioskórōi	τοῖν Δῐοσκόροιν toîn Dioskóroin	τοῖς Δῐοσκόροις toîs Dioskórois
Accusative	τὸν Δῐόσκορον tòn Dióskoron	τὼ Δῐοσκόρω tṑ Dioskórō	τοὺς Δῐοσκόρους toùs Dioskórous
Vocative	Δῐόσκορε Dióskore	Δῐοσκόρω Dioskórō	Δῐόσκοροι Dióskoroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Διόσκορος (Dióskoros)
  • plural Διόσκοροι (Dióskoroi)
• Latin: Dioscurus

References

• Διόσκορος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008