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Dioscuri
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dioscuri
English
Etymology
en :lbor la:Dioscūrī<id:Castor and Pollux> Castor and Pollux 1
From en la Dioscūrī, from en grc Διόσκουροι the youths of Zeus.
Proper noun
p 1
en Greek mythology The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
en Gemini Heavenly Twins
I Grown Electric 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?
108 XI 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.
Derived terms
en dioscuric
Translations
the twins
Danish: da Dioskurerne c-p
Finnish: fi dioskuurit
French: fr Dioscures m-p
German: de Dioskuren m-p
Greek: el Διόσκουροι m-p
Latin: la Dioscūrī m-p
Polish: pl Dioskurowie vr-p
Further reading
Castor and Pollux
Anagrams
en cdiiorsu sciuroid
Latin
la:Castor et Pollux
Etymology
la Castor and Pollux Dioscūrī :lbor grc:Δῐόσκορος<id:Dioscurus><alt:Δῐόσκοροι> + 1
Pronunciation
Dioscūrī
Proper noun
Dioscūrī<2> m
la New Latin la Dioscori
la Karl Mueller Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum 1841 Parisiis Editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot http://archive.org/details/fragmentahistori03mueluoft Theodor Mueller Victor Langlois et quum Theseum ipsum non deprehenderent Dioscuri
Declension
Dioscūrī<2>
Descendants
en 1 Dioscuri
fr Dioscures
References
Egidio Forcellini Totius Latinitatis lexicon 1828 Baldwin et Cradock http://archive.org/details/totiuslatinitati02forc Jacopo Facciolati James Bailey 922 https://archive.org/details/totiuslatinitati02forc/page/922