- δύο
- δύο [pron. full] [ῠ], also [full] δύω in [dialect] Ep., Eleg. and late, SIG1231 (Nicomedia, iii/ iv A. D.), not in [dialect] Ion. Inscrr. nor in Trag. (δύο ῥοπάς shd. be read in E.Hel.1090), nor in [dialect] Att. Prose or Inscrr.: [dialect] Lacon. acc.A
δύε IG5(1).1
; Thess. fem. δύας ib.9(2).517: gen. and dat.δυοῖν Hp.Vict.1.3
, but f.l. in Hdt.1.11,91 [used as monos. in S.OT640, cf. δώδεκα for δυώδ-]; later [dialect] Att. also δυεῖν (esp. in fem. gen.) found in codd. of E.El. 536, cited fr. Th. by Ael.Dion.(?) Fr.372, cf. 1.20 (cod. Laur.); [dialect] Boeot.δουῖν Corinn.Supp.2.54
; laterδυσί, δυσὶν ἡμέραις Th.8.101
codd., δυσὶν ἡμέρῃσι v.l. in Hp.Acut.(Sp.) 67;δυοῖν ὄμμασι καὶ δυσὶν ἀκοαῖς Arist.Pol.1287b27
, cf.Men.699, SIG344.26 (Teos, iv B.C.), etc.: early [dialect] Att. Inscrr. haveδυοῖν IG12.3.10
, al., laterδυεῖν SIG2587.286
, IG22.463.78, al., from cent. iii on δυσί ib.1028.27, al.; [dialect] Ion. gen.δυῶν GDI5653d9
([place name] Chios), Hdt.1.94, 130, etc., dat. δυοῖσι ib. 32,7.104; δυῶν also [dialect] Dor., Leg.Gort.1.40, Tab.Heracl.1.139;δυοῖς Leg.Gort.7.46
.— Used indecl., like ἄμφω, by Hom. (who has no gen. or dat. δυοῖν), τῶν δύο μοιράων Il.10.253
;δύω κανόνεσσι 13.407
, etc.; so in Hdt. and [dialect] Att.,δύο νεῶν Hdt.8.82
;δύο ζεύγεσι Id.3.130
;δύο νεῶν Th.3.89
;δύο πλέθρων X.An.3.4.9
; with dual, δύο μναῖν dub. l. Id.Mem. 2.5.2; but not in Trag. and rare in Com.,ἔτεσιν δύο Alex.105
;δὔ ἔτεσιν Damox.2.3
: not in [dialect] Att. Inscrr. before the Roman period, IG3.1443, al.:—two, Il.1.16, etc.; in Hom., δύο and δύω are sts. joined with plural Nouns,δύο δ' ἄνδρες 18.498
, al.; also in Trag.,δύο κριούς S.Aj.237
(lyr.); in [dialect] Att. Prose,δύο τέχνας Pl.Grg.464b
; but δυοῖν is rare with plural Nouns,ὀρθοστάταις δυοῖν IG2.1054.64
; ἕνα καὶ δύο one or two, a few, Il.2.346;δὔ ἢ τρεῖς Ar.Pax829
, cf. X.HG 3.5.20; εἰς δύο two and two, Id.Cyr.7.5.17; σὺν δύο two together, Il. 10.224, Hdt.4.66; δύο ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν to split the state into two, divide it, Arist.Pol.1310a4.
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