Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δίδυμος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίδυμος δίδυμη δίδυμον

Structure: διδυμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: redupl. from du/o

Sense

  1. double, twofold, twain
  2. twin, twins

Examples

  • καὶ τὸν βασιλέα τῆσ Γαὶ ἐκρέμασεν ἐπὶ ξύλου διδύμου, καὶ ἦν ἐπὶ τοῦ ξύλου ἕωσ ἑσπέρασ. καὶ ἐπιδύνοντοσ τοῦ ἡλίου συνέταξεν Ἰησοῦσ καὶ καθείλοσαν τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου καὶ ἔρριψαν αὐτὸ εἰσ τὸν βόθρον καὶ ἐπέστησαν αὐτῷ σωρὸν λίθων, ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 8:27)
  • Λεωφάνησ, οὗ μέμνηται Ἀριστοτέλησ, τὰ μὲν ἐκ τοῦ δεξιοῦ διδύμου τὰ δ’ ἐκ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. double

  2. twin

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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