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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”) + -ιον (-ion). Translates Biblical Hebrew מִשְׁנֵה הַתּוֹרָה (mišnê hattôrâ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðeɸ.te.roˈno.mi.on/ → /ðef.te.roˈno.mi.on/
Proper noun
δευτερονόμιον • (deuteronómion) n (genitive δευτερονομίου); second declension
- (Judaism) repetition of the law, a copy of the law
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Quotations
300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint,
Deuteronomy 17.18:
- καὶ ὅταν καθίσῃ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ γράψει αὐτῷ τὸ δευτερονόμιον τοῦτο εἰς βιβλίον παρὰ τῶν ἱερέων τῶν Λευιτῶν,
- kaì hótan kathísēi epì tês arkhês autoû, kaì grápsei autôi tò deuteronómion toûto eis biblíon parà tôn hieréōn tôn Leuitôn,
- Translation by Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton
- And when he shall be established in his government, then shall he write for himself this repetition of the law into a book by the hands of the priests the Levites;
300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint,
Joshua 9.2γ:
- καὶ ἔγραψεν Ἰησοῦς ἐπὶ τῶν λίθων τὸ δευτερονόμιον, νόμον Μωυσῆ, ὃν ἔγραψεν ἐνώπιον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ
- kaì égrapsen Iēsoûs epì tôn líthōn tò deuteronómion, nómon Mōusê, hòn égrapsen enṓpion tôn huiôn Israḕl
- Translation by Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton
- And Joshua wrote upon the stones a copy of the law, even the law of Moses, before the children of Israel.
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