Διόσκορος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Διόσκουρος (Dióskouros)

Etymology

From Ζεύς (Zeús, “Zeus”) +‎ κόρος (kóros, “boy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ós.ko.ros/ → /ðiˈos.ko.ros/ → /ðiˈos.ko.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ós.ko.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈos.ko.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈos.ko.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈos.ko.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈos.ko.ros/

Proper noun

Δῐόσκορος • (Dĭóskoros) m (genitive Δῐοσκόρου); second declension

1. a Dioscurus; one of the two Dioscuri; either one of Castor or Pollux

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Δῐόσκορος; τοῦ Δῐοσκόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Δῐόσκορος ho Dĭóskoros	τὼ Δῐοσκόρω tṑ Dĭoskórō	οἱ Δῐόσκοροι hoi Dĭóskoroi
Genitive	τοῦ Δῐοσκόρου toû Dĭoskórou	τοῖν Δῐοσκόροιν toîn Dĭoskóroin	τῶν Δῐοσκόρων tôn Dĭoskórōn
Dative	τῷ Δῐοσκόρῳ tôi Dĭoskórōi	τοῖν Δῐοσκόροιν toîn Dĭoskóroin	τοῖς Δῐοσκόροις toîs Dĭoskórois
Accusative	τὸν Δῐόσκορον tòn Dĭóskoron	τὼ Δῐοσκόρω tṑ Dĭoskórō	τοὺς Δῐοσκόρους toùs Dĭoskórous
Vocative	Δῐόσκορε Dĭóskore	Δῐοσκόρω Dĭoskórō	Δῐόσκοροι Dĭóskoroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Διόσκορος (Dióskoros)
  • plural Διόσκοροι (Dióskoroi)
• Latin: Dioscurus

References

• Διόσκορος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008