Dioscuri en · PROPN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws Proto-Hellenic *Dzéus Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús) Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Hellenic *kórwos Ancient Greek κόρος (kóros) Ancient Greek Δῐόσκοροι (Dĭóskoroi)lbor. Latin Dioscūrīlbor. English Dioscuri From Latin Dioscūrī, from Ancient Greek Διόσκουροι (Dióskouroi, “the youths of Zeus”).
Meanings
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(Greek, plural, plural-only) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
Or, alas, might not one rather attribute it to Diana in the shape of Hunger? To some twin Dioscuri, Oppression and Revenge; so often seen in the battles of men?
1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Grown Electric”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book IV (States-General), page 130:Cæsar, either more ambitious or less confident in his services, raised a new and costly row of columns in front of the Capitol. He built a temple to the Dioscuri, and he charmed the populace with a show of gladiators unusually extensive.
1879, James Anthony Froude, chapter XI, in Cæsar: A Sketch, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 108:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Dioscuri | Number=Plur | canonical | lexicographic |
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Translations (6)
fr Dioscures (the twins) · da Dioskurerne (the twins) · fi dioskuurit (the twins) · de Dioskuren (the twins) · el Διόσκουροι (the twins) · la Dioscūrī (the twins)