Dioscuri

See also: dioscuri

English

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-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”).

Proper noun

the Dioscuri pl (plural only)

1. (Greek mythology) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.

   Synonyms: Gemini, Heavenly Twins

   • 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:

     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?

   • 1879, James Anthony Froude, chapter XI, in Cæsar: A Sketch, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 108:

     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.

Translations

the twins

• Danish: Dioskurerne c pl
• Finnish: dioskuurit
• French: Dioscures (fr) m pl
• German: Dioskuren m pl
• Greek: Διόσκουροι (el) m pl (Dióskouroi)
• Latin: Dioscūrī m pl

Further reading

• Castor and Pollux on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• sciuroid

Latin

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-Hellenic *kórwos

Ancient Greek κόρος (kóros)

Ancient Greek Δῐόσκοροι (Dĭóskoroi)lbor.

Latin Dioscūrī

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Δῐόσκοροι (Dĭóskoroi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [di.ɔsˈkuː.riː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [di.osˈkuː.ri]

Proper noun

Dioscūrī m pl (genitive Dioscūrōrum); second declension

1. (New Latin) alternative form of Dioscori
   • 1841, Karl Mueller, Theodor Mueller, Victor Langlois, Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum‎^[1], Parisiis Editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot:

     et quum Theseum ipsum non deprehenderent Dioscuri

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Dioscūrī
genitive	Dioscūrōrum
dative	Dioscūrīs
accusative	Dioscūrōs
ablative	Dioscūrīs
vocative	Dioscūrī

Descendants

• → English: Dioscuri
• French: Dioscures

References

• Egidio Forcellini; Jacopo Facciolati; James Bailey (1828), Totius Latinitatis lexicon‎^[2], Baldwin et Cradock, page 922