δύο
See also: δυο
Ancient Greek
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Cardinal: δῠ́ο (dúo) Ordinal: δεύτερος (deúteros) Adverbial: δίς (dís) Collective: δῠᾰ́ς (duás) |
Alternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Hellenic *dúwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Old Armenian երկու (erku), Latin duo, and Old English twā (English two).
Pronunciation
edit- (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
editδύο • (dúo) (ordinal δεύτερος, adverbial δίς)
Inflection
editCase / # | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Nominative | δῠ́ο dúo |
δῠ́ο dúo | |||||||||||
Genitive | δῠοῖν / δῠεῖν duoîn / dueîn |
δῠῶν duôn | |||||||||||
Dative | δῠοῖν / δῠεῖν duoîn / dueîn |
δῠσῐ́ / δῠσῐ́ν / δῠοῖσῐ dusí(n) / duoîsi | |||||||||||
Accusative | δῠ́ο dúo |
δῠ́ο dúo | |||||||||||
Vocative | δῠ́ο dúo |
δῠ́ο dúo | |||||||||||
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Various dialects inflected δύο differently. This merely represents a sampling of various inflections. Inflection is normally more redundant than shown here.
Note: δύο sometimes is undeclined.
Derived terms
edit- δυοκαίδεκα (duokaídeka)
- δώδεκα (dṓdeka)
- δῐ́ς (dís)
- δι- (di-)
Descendants
edit- Greek: δύο (dýo, “two”)
References
edit- “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 (2006–2024)
- “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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- two idem, page 904.
Greek
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Cardinal : δύο (dýo) Ordinal : δεύτερος (défteros) | ||
Alternative forms
edit- δυο (dyo)
Etymology
editFrom Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), from Proto-Hellenic *dúwō, from Proto-Indo-European *duwó, *duwéh₃ (*dwóh₁).
Compare Mariupol Greek дъы́я (ðýja), дъи́я (ðíja).
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editδύο • (dýo) (invariable)
Examples
editΈχω ανάγκη δύο καφέδες για να ξυπνήσω.
Usage notes
editThe stressed form is used to reinforce the number (compare with δυο (dyo)).
Coordinate terms
editDerived terms
edit- δυόμισι (dyómisi, “half past two, two and a half”)
Related terms
edit- δυαδικός (dyadikós)
Noun
editδύο • (dýo) n (indeclinable)
- two (playing card)
Further reading
edit- 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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