δίδυμος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editReduplication from δύο (dúo, “two”), with a suffix -μο; compare ἀμφίδυμος (amphídumos, “double”). Analogical formations like τρίδυμος (trídumos) show that this word was connected with δίς (dís, “twice”), at least at a later date.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dí.dy.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdi.dy.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.ðy.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.ðy.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.ði.mos/
Adjective
editδῐ́δῠμος • (dídumos) m (feminine δῐδῠ́μη, neuter δῐ́δῠμον); first/second declension
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | δῐ́δῠμος dídumos |
δῐδῠ́μη didúmē |
δῐ́δῠμον dídumon |
δῐδῠ́μω didúmō |
δῐδῠ́μᾱ didúmā |
δῐδῠ́μω didúmō |
δῐ́δῠμοι dídumoi |
δῐ́δῠμαι dídumai |
δῐ́δῠμᾰ díduma | |||||
Genitive | δῐδῠ́μου didúmou |
δῐδῠ́μης didúmēs |
δῐδῠ́μου didúmou |
δῐδῠ́μοιν didúmoin |
δῐδῠ́μαιν didúmain |
δῐδῠ́μοιν didúmoin |
δῐδῠ́μων didúmōn |
δῐδῠ́μων didúmōn |
δῐδῠ́μων didúmōn | |||||
Dative | δῐδῠ́μῳ didúmōi |
δῐδῠ́μῃ didúmēi |
δῐδῠ́μῳ didúmōi |
δῐδῠ́μοιν didúmoin |
δῐδῠ́μαιν didúmain |
δῐδῠ́μοιν didúmoin |
δῐδῠ́μοις didúmois |
δῐδῠ́μαις didúmais |
δῐδῠ́μοις didúmois | |||||
Accusative | δῐ́δῠμον dídumon |
δῐδῠ́μην didúmēn |
δῐ́δῠμον dídumon |
δῐδῠ́μω didúmō |
δῐδῠ́μᾱ didúmā |
δῐδῠ́μω didúmō |
δῐδῠ́μους didúmous |
δῐδῠ́μᾱς didúmās |
δῐ́δῠμᾰ díduma | |||||
Vocative | δῐ́δῠμε dídume |
δῐδῠ́μη didúmē |
δῐ́δῠμον dídumon |
δῐδῠ́μω didúmō |
δῐδῠ́μᾱ didúmā |
δῐδῠ́μω didúmō |
δῐ́δῠμοι dídumoi |
δῐ́δῠμαι dídumai |
δῐ́δῠμᾰ díduma | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δῐδῠ́μως didúmōs |
δῐδῠμώτερος didumṓteros |
δῐδῠμώτᾰτος didumṓtatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Noun
editδῐ́δῠμος • (dídumos) m (genitive δῐδῠ́μου); second declension
- (in the plural) twins
- (astronomy) Gemini
- (anatomy, in the plural) testicles
- Synonym: ὄρχῐς (órkhis)
- (anatomy, in the plural) ovaries
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ δῐ́δῠμος ho dídumos |
τὼ δῐδῠ́μω tṑ didúmō |
οἱ δῐ́δῠμοι hoi dídumoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δῐδῠ́μου toû didúmou |
τοῖν δῐδῠ́μοιν toîn didúmoin |
τῶν δῐδῠ́μων tôn didúmōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δῐδῠ́μῳ tôi didúmōi |
τοῖν δῐδῠ́μοιν toîn didúmoin |
τοῖς δῐδῠ́μοις toîs didúmois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν δῐ́δῠμον tòn dídumon |
τὼ δῐδῠ́μω tṑ didúmō |
τοὺς δῐδῠ́μους toùs didúmous | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῐ́δῠμε dídume |
δῐδῠ́μω didúmō |
δῐ́δῠμοι dídumoi | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
edit- δῐδῠμαῖον (didumaîon)
- Δῐδῠμαῖος (Didumaîos)
- δῐδῠμᾰ́νωρ (didumánōr)
- δῐδῠμᾱ́ων (didumā́ōn)
- δῐδῠμεύω (didumeúō)
- δῐδῠ́μη (didúmē)
- δῐδῠ́μῐᾰ (didúmia)
- δῐδῠ́μῐος (didúmios)
- δῐδῠμογενής (didumogenḗs)
- δῐδῠμόγονος (didumógonos)
- δῐδῠμόζῠγος (didumózugos)
- δῐδῠμόθροος (didumóthroos)
- δῐδῠμόκτῠπος (didumóktupos)
- δῐδῠμόστροφος (didumóstrophos)
- δῐδῠμότης (didumótēs)
- δῐδῠμότοκος (didumótokos)
- δῐδῠμόχροος (didumókhroos)
- Δῐδῠμών (Didumṓn)
- ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́ς (epididumís)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “δίδυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δίδυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δίδυμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δίδυμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δίδυμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δίδυμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek δίδυμος (dídumos).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editδίδυμος • (dídymos) m (feminine δίδυμη, neuter δίδυμο)
- twin, twinned, being one of a pair of twins
- δίδυμα αδέλφια
- dídyma adélfia
- twin brothers
- (figuratively) matching exactly
- δίδυμα πυροβόλα, δίδυμοι πύργοι
- dídyma pyrovóla, dídymoi pýrgoi
- twin cannon, twin towers
Declension
editDeclension of δίδυμος
number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | δίδυμος • | δίδυμη • | δίδυμο • | δίδυμοι • | δίδυμες • | δίδυμα • |
genitive | δίδυμου • | δίδυμης • | δίδυμου • | δίδυμων • | δίδυμων • | δίδυμων • |
accusative | δίδυμο • | δίδυμη • | δίδυμο • | δίδυμους • | δίδυμες • | δίδυμα • |
vocative | δίδυμε • | δίδυμη • | δίδυμο • | δίδυμοι • | δίδυμες • | δίδυμα • |
Noun
editδίδυμος • (dídymos) m or f (plural δίδυμοι)
- twin (either of two people who shared the same uterus, or of two similar or closely related objects)
Declension
editDeclension of δίδυμος
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