δύο

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δύ’ (dú’) — apocopic
• δύω (dúō) — Epic
• δύε (dúe) — Laconian
• διούο (dioúo) — Boeotian

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *dúwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates include Sanskrit द्व (dvá), Old Armenian երկու (erku), Latin duo, and Old English twā (English two).

Pronunciation

Numeral

δύο • (dúo) (ordinal δεύτερος, adverbial δίς)

1. two

Inflection

Various dialects inflected δύο differently. This merely represents a sampling of various inflections. Inflection is normally more redundant than shown here.

Note: δύο sometimes is undeclined.

Derived terms

• δυοκαίδεκα (duokaídeka)
• δώδεκα (dṓdeka)
• δῐ́ς (dís)
• δι- (di-)

Descendants

• Greek: δύο (dýo, “two”)

References

• “δύο”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δύο”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δύο”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δύο in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• δύο in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δύο in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δύο”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1417 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • two idem, page 904.

Greek

Alternative forms

• δυο (dyo)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δύο (dúo), from Proto-Hellenic *dúwō, from Proto-Indo-European *duwó, *duwéh₃ (*dwóh₁).

Compare Mariupol Greek дъы́я (ðýja), дъи́я (ðíja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈði.o/

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• Hyphenation: δύ‧ο
• Homophone: δύω (dýo)

Numeral

δύο • (dýo) (invariable)

1. two

Examples

Usage notes

The stressed form is used to reinforce the number (compare with δυο (dyo)).

δύο μπίρες, όχι μία.

dýo bíres, óchi mía.

two beers, not one.

Coordinate terms

• Greek number and measurement

Derived terms

• δυόμισι (dyómisi, “half past two, two and a half”)

Related terms

• δυαδικός (dyadikós)

Noun

δύο • (dýo) n (indeclinable)

1. two (playing card)

Further reading

• δύο - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.