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δύο

Numeral; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύο

Etym.: can be indecl., like a)/mfw, by Hom., tw=n du/o moira/wn, du/w kano/nessi Il.; so in Hdt. and attic Prose; but declined in Trag.

Sense

  1. (cardinal): two

Declension

Dual
Nominative δύο
Genitive δυοῖν
Dative δυοῖν
Accusative δύο
Vocative

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • δυοῖν δέ μοι χρήσῃ. τότε ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου οὐ κρυβήσομαι. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 13:20)
  • καθάπερ οὖν δυοῖν τοῦ σώματοσ καὶ τῆσ ψυχῆσ φυτῶν ὄντων ἡδονῆσ τε καὶ πόνου, πολλαὶ τούτων τῶν φυτῶν εἰσι παραφυάδεσ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 1:27)
  • μήτηρ δυοῖν προκειμένων, εὐσεβείασ καὶ τῆσ τῶν ἑπτὰ υἱῶν σωτηρίασ προσκαίρου κατὰ τὴν τοῦ τυράννου ὑπόσχεσιν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 15:2)
  • Ἡγεῖσθαι μὲν τῆσ πάσησ στρατιᾶσ τοὺσ κατασκόπουσ ἱππέασ ἐπὶ δυοῖν τεταγμένουσ σὺν τῷ οἰκείῳ ἡγεμόνι. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 2:1)
  • ἐπὶ τούτοισ δὲ τοὺσ ἱπποτοξότασ τοὺσ Πετραίουσ, καὶ τούτουσ ἐπὶ δυοῖν. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 2:2)

Synonyms

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