δυοκαίδεκα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δύο (dúo, “two”) +‎ καί (kaí, “and”) +‎ δέκα (déka, “ten”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dy.o.kǎi̯.de.ka/ → /ðy.oˈcɛ.ðe.ka/ → /ði.oˈce.ðe.ka/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dy.o.kǎi̯.de.ka/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dy.oˈkɛ.de.ka/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðy.oˈcɛ.ðe.ka/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðy.oˈce.ðe.ka/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈce.ðe.ka/

Numeral

δῠοκαίδεκᾰ • (duokaídeka)

1. (Epic) Synonym of δώδεκα (dṓdeka, “twelve”)

Derived terms

• δυοκαιδεκάδελτος (duokaidekádeltos)
• δυοκαιδεκάζῳδος (duokaidekázōidos)
• δυοκαιδεκάμηνος (duokaidekámēnos)
• δυοκαιδέκατος (duokaidékatos)

 

Further reading

• “δυοκαίδεκα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δυοκαίδεκα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δυοκαίδεκα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “δυοκαίδεκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press