Definition:
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)
Definition:
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+]