two

Greek Number (Indeclinable)

δύο, numeral, indecl. exc. in dative, δυσί, δυσίν (Attic δυοῖν), two: Mat.19:6, Mrk.10:8, Jhn.2:6, al; with pl. noun, Mat.9:27 10:10, al; οἱ, τῶν, τοὺς δ, Mat.19:5 20:24, Mrk.10:8, Eph.2:15, al; δ. ἐξ, Luk.24:13; distrib, ἀνὰ, κατὰ δ, two and two, two apiece: Luk.10:1 (WH, ἀνὰ δ. [δύο]), Jhn.2:6, 1Co.14:27; δύο δύο (= ἀνὰ δ, as LXX, Gen.6:19 for שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם, but not merely "Hebraism," cf. μυρία μυρία, Æsch, Pers., 981, and for usage in π. and MGr, see M, Pr., 21, 97), Mrk.6:7; εἰς δ. (two and two, Xen, Cyr., 7, 5, 17), into two parts, Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38. (AS)

two

Greek Number (Indeclinable)

δύο [ῠ], also δύω in Epic dialect, Eleg. and late, [Refs 5th c.BC+], nor in Attic dialect Prose or Inscrr: Laconian dialect accusative δύε [Refs]: genitive and dative δυοῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]-]; later Attic dialect also δυεῖν (especially in feminine genitive) found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect δουῖν [Refs 6th c.BC+], etc: early Attic dialect Inscrr. have δυοῖν [Refs]; Ionic dialect genitive δυῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυῶν also Doric dialect, [Refs]— Used indeclinable, like{ἄμφω}, by [Refs 8th c.BC+] and Attic dialect, δύο νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with dual, δύο μναῖν uncertain reading [Refs]; but not in Trag. and rare in Comedy texts, ἔτεσιν δύο [Refs 4th c.BC+]: not in Attic dialect Inscrr. before the Roman period, [Refs 8th c.BC+] are sometimes joined with plural Nouns, δύο δ᾽ ἄνδρες [Refs]; also in Trag, δύο κριούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect Prose, δύο τέχνας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but δυοῖν is rare with plural Nouns, ὀρθοστάταις δυοῖν [Refs]; ἕνα καὶ δύο one or two, a few, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς δύο two and two, [Refs]; σὺν δύο two together, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δύο ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν to split the state into two, divide it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun

"two"; both, twain, two; a primary numeral