δυάς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from δύο (dúo) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás); compare τριάς (triás), τετράς (tetrás), δεκάς (dekás), χιλιάς (khiliás), μυριάς (muriás).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dy.ás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dyˈas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðyˈas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðyˈas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈas/
Noun
δῠᾰ́ς • (duás) f (genitive δῠᾰ́δος); third declension
- the number two
- a group of two; couple, pair, duo, twosome, dyad
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ δῠᾰ́ς; τῆς δῠᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δῠᾰ́ς hē duás | τὼ δῠᾰ́δε tṑ duáde | αἱ δῠᾰ́δες hai duádes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δῠᾰ́δος tês duádos | τοῖν δῠᾰ́δοιν toîn duádoin | τῶν δῠᾰ́δων tôn duádōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δῠᾰ́δῐ têi duádi | τοῖν δῠᾰ́δοιν toîn duádoin | ταῖς δῠᾰ́σῐ / δῠᾰ́σῐν taîs duási(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δῠᾰ́δᾰ tḕn duáda | τὼ δῠᾰ́δε tṑ duáde | τᾱ̀ς δῠᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s duádas | ||||||||||
Vocative | δῠᾰ́ς duás | δῠᾰ́δε duáde | δῠᾰ́δες duádes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: dyad
- → French: dyade
References
- “δυάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δυάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δυάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δυάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- figure idem, page 319.
- two idem, page 904.