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δύο

δύο, δύο, two

δύο [ῠ], also δύω in Ep., Eleg. and late, SIG 1231 (Nicomedia, iii/ iv A. D.), not in Ion. Inscrr. nor in Trag. (δύο ῥοπάς shd. be read in E. Hel. 1090), nor in Att. Prose or Inscrr.: Lacon. acc. δύε IG 5(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. OT 640, cf. δώδεκα for δυώδ-]; later 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.); Boeot. δουῖν Corinn. Supp. 2.54; later δυσί, 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, SIG 344.26 (Teos, iv B.C.), etc.: early Att. Inscrr. have δυοῖν IG 1(2).3.10, al., later δυεῖν SIG 2587.286, IG 2(2).463.78, al., from cent. iii on δυσί ib. 1028.27, al.; Ion. gen. δυῶν GDI 5653d9 (Chios), Hdt. 1.94, 130, etc., dat. δυοῖσι ib. 32, 7.104; δυῶν also 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 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; δύʼ ἔτεσιν Damox. 2.3: not in Att. Inscrr. before the Roman period, IG 3.1443, al.:—
  • Αtwo, Il. 1.16, etc.; in Hom., δύο and δύω are sts. joined with plural Nouns, δύο δʼ ἄνδρες 18.498, al.; also in Trag., δύο κριούς S. Aj. 237 (lyr.); in Att. Prose, δύο τέχνας Pl. Grg. 464b; but δυοῖν is rare with plural Nouns, ὀρθοστάταις δυοῖν IG 2.1054.64; ἕνα καὶ δύο one or two, a few, Il. 2.346; δύʼ ἢ τρεῖς Ar. Pax 829, 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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