δύο
See also: δυο
Ancient Greek edit
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Cardinal: δῠ́ο (dúo) Ordinal: δεύτερος (deúteros) Adverbial: δίς (dís) Collective: δῠᾰ́ς (duás) |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
δύο • (dúo) (ordinal δεύτερος, adverbial δίς)
Inflection edit
Case / # | 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 edit
< α΄ | β΄ | γ΄ > |
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Cardinal : δύο (dýo) Ordinal : δεύτερος (défteros) | ||
Alternative forms edit
- δυο (dyo)
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), from Proto-Hellenic *dúwō, from Proto-Indo-European *duwó, *duwéh₃ (*dwóh₁).
Compare Mariupol Greek дъы́я (ðýja), дъи́я (ðíja).
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
δύο • (dýo) (invariable)
Examples edit
Έχω ανάγκη δύο καφέδες για να ξυπνήσω.
Usage notes edit
The stressed form is used to reinforce the number (compare with δυο (dyo)).
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
- δυόμισι (dyómisi, “half past two, two and a half”)
Related terms edit
- δυαδικός (dyadikós)
Noun edit
δύο • (dýo) n (indeclinable)
- two (playing card)
Further reading edit
- δύο - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.