δεύτερος

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   A second, (perh. from δύο with Comp. termination):    I next in Order (with a notion of Time), in Il. (not in Od.) of one who comes in second in a race, 23.265; δ. ἐλθεῖν 22.207; δ. αὖτ' . . προΐει . . ἔγχος next, 20.273, etc.; οὔ μ' ἔτι δ. ὧδε ἵξετ' ἄχος no second grief, i.e. none hereafter like this, 23.46; as Comp., c. gen., ἐμεῖο δεύτεροι after my time, ib.248; σοὶ δ' οὐκέτι δ. ἔσται no second choice will be allowed thee, Hes.Op.34; in Att. and Trag. with Art., ὁ δ. S.OC1315, etc.; αἱ δ. πως φροντίδες σοφώτεραι second thoughts are wisest, E.Hipp.436: prov., δ. πλοῦς the next best way, Pl.Phd.99d, etc.; ὁ δ. πλοῦς ἐστι δήπου λεγόμενος, ἂν ἀποτύχῃ τις οὐρίου, κώπαισι πλεῖν Men.241.    2 of Time, next, later, δ. χρόνῳ in after time, Pi.O.1.43; δ. ἡμέρῃ on the next day, Hdt.1.82; δ. ἔτεϊ τούτων in the year after this, Id.6.46: neut. as Adv., δεύτερον αὖ, αὖτε, αὖτις, a second time, Il.3.332, 191, Od.9.354; ἐν τᾷ δ. ἐκκλησίᾳ SIG644.20: with the Art., τὸ δ. Sapph.Supp.4.11, Hdt.1.79, A.Ag.1082, X.Cyr.2.2.1: also pl., Hdt.3.53, 9.3; τὰ δ. κινδυνεύσοντας about to run the next dangers, Th.6.78; later, ἐκ δευτέρου for the second time, Ev.Marc.14.72, Dsc.5.87.10; ἐκ δευτέρης Babr. 114.5, cf. PStrassb.100.22 (ii B. C.): regul. Adv. δευτέρως Pl.Lg. 955e, Sallust.18, etc.    b ὁ δ. the younger, BGU592.10 (ii A. D.).    II in Order or Rank (without any notion of Time), second, δ.μετ' ἐκεῖνον Hdt.1.31, cf. S.Ph.1442, etc.; πολὺ δ. Id.OC1228 (lyr.); πολὺ δ. μετά τι very much behind, Th.2.97; μετὰ τὸ πλουτεῖν δ. Antiph.144.9: c. gen., δ. οὐδενός second to none, Hdt.1.23, Plb.31.27.16; δ. παιδὸς σῆς E.Tr.618; πάντα τἄλλα δεύτερ' ἦν τῶν προσδοκιῶν D.19.24; πρὸς τὰ χρήματα θνητοῖσι τἄλλα δεύτερ' S.Fr.354.5; τὰ ἄλλα πάντα δ. τε καὶ ὕστερα λεκτέον Pl.Phlb.59c; logically or metaphysically posterior, πᾶν πλῆθος δ. ἐστι τοῦ ἑνός Procl.Inst.5, cf. 36, Dam.Pr.126, al.; δεύτερ' ἡγεῖσθαι think quite secondary, S.OC 351; δεύτερον ἄγειν, δεύτερα ποιεῖσθαι, Luc.Symp.9, Plu.2.162e; ἐν δευτέρῳ τίθεσθαι Id.Fab.24, cf. Jul.Or.8.242b; ἱερὸν δ. of the second class, OGI56.59 (iii B. C.), etc.    2 the second of two, δ. αὐτή herself with another, Hdt.4.113, cf. AB89; ἑπτὰ δ. σοφοί a second seven sages, Euphro 1.12; εἷς καὶ δ. unus et alter, Hdn.Gr.2.934; εἷς ἢ δ. Jul.Or.6.190d; ἕν τι . . ἢ δεύτερον D.Chr.33.7; δ. καὶ τρίτος two or three, Plb.26.1.1.; neut. as Adv., ἅπαξ καὶ δεύτερον once or twice, Jul. ad Ath.278c.    3 δ. ἀριθμός number whose prime factors are odd, Nicom.Ar.1.12.    III as Subst., τὰ δ., = δευτερεῖα, the second prize or place, Il.23.538; τὰ δ. φέρεσθαι Hdt.8.104.    2 after-birth, Dsc.1.48,50.    3 δευτέρα σαββάτου (sc. ἡμέρα) second day of the week, LXXPs.47(48) tit.