Dioscuri

See also: dioscuri

English

Etymology

From Latin Dioscūrī, from Ancient Greek Διόσκουροι (Dióskouroi, “the youths of Zeus”).

Proper noun

Dioscuri pl

1. (Greek mythology) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter III, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book IV (States-General):

     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)

Further reading

• Castor and Pollux on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• sciuroid