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διττός

First/Second declension Adjective; 이형 Transliteration:

Principal Part: διττός διττή διττόν

Structure: διττ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Attic spelling of δισσός ‎(dissós)

Examples

  • τὴν γῆν, τὰ μὲν ὑποβρύχια, φωλεύοντα ἐν μυχῷ τῆσ ψάμμου, τὰ δὲ ἄνω ἐπιπολάζοντα, φύσαλοι καὶ ἀσπίδεσ καὶ ἔχιδναι καὶ κεράσται καὶ βουπρήστεισ καὶ ἀκοντίαι καὶ ἀμφίσβαιναι καὶ δράκοντεσ καὶ σκορπίων γένοσ διττόν, τὸ μὲν ἕτερον ἐπίγειόν τε καὶ πεζόν, ὑπέρμεγα καὶ πολυσφόνδυλον, θάτερον δὲ ἐναέριον καὶ πτηνόν, ὑμενόπτερον δὲ οἱᾶ ταῖσ ἀκρίσι καὶ τέττιξι καὶ νυκτερίσι τὰ πτερά. (Lucian, Dipsades 5:1)
  • γίγνονται δὲ καὶ μέγισταί τινεσ μυῖαι, ἃσ στρατιώτιδασ οἱ πολλοὶ καλοῦσιν, οἱ δὲ κύνασ, τραχύταται τὸν βόμβον καὶ τὴν πτῆσιν ὠκύταται, αἵ γε καὶ μακροβιώταταὶ εἰσιν καὶ τοῦ χειμῶνοσ ὅλου ἄσιτοι διακαρτεροῦσιν ὑπεπτηχυῖαι τοῖσ ὀρόφοισ μάλιστα, ἐφ’ ὧν κἀκεῖνο θαυμάζειν ἄξιον, ὅτι ἀμφότερα, καὶ τὰ θηλειῶν καὶ τὰ ἀρρένων, δρῶσιν καὶ βαινόμεναι καὶ ^ βαίνοντεσ ἐν τῷ μέρει κατὰ τὸν Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Ἀφροδίτησ παῖδα τὸν μικτὸν τὴν φύσιν καὶ διττὸν τὸ κάλλοσ. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 12:1)
  • τὸν ἄνθρωπον δὲ τὸν διττὸν Θέσπιδι τῷ αὐλητῇ ἐδωρήσατο καλῶσ αὐλήσαντι παρὰ τὸν πότον. (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 11:1)
  • "τὸ πέπερι καρπὸσ μέν ἐστι, διττὸν δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ γένοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 73 2:4)
  • "ἕκαστον ἡμῶν δίδυμον εἶναι καὶ διφυᾶ καὶ διττόν· (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 44 7:1)

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