δεύτερος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[second]], in order and time, also in status (Il.).<br />Derivatives: [[δευτεραῖος]] [[belonging to the second day]] (Hdt.; from <b class="b3">ἡ δευτέρα</b> ([[ἡμέρα]]), cf. Schwyzer 596); [[δευτερεῖα]] (sc. [[ἆθλα]]) n. pl., later also <b class="b3">-ον</b> and as adjective (Hdt.; after [[ἀριστεῖα]]); [[δευτερίας]] ([[οἶνος]]) bad wine, made from the draff, the [[στέμφυλα]] (Nikopho [?], Dsc.; after the wines in <b class="b3">-ίας</b>, Chantr. Form. 94f.; also [[δευτερίναρ]] [Lac.] H.); [[δευτέριον]] [[afterbirth]] (Aq.). - Denomin. [[δευτερεύω]] [[be second]] (Plb.), [[δευτεριάζω]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Ar. Ek. 634); [[δευτερόω]] [[repeat]] (LXX) with [[δευτέρωσις]] (LXX) and [[δευτέρωμα]] (Eust.). - Beside [[δεύτερος]] rarely the superlative [[δεύτατος]] (Τ 51, Mosch.).<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]<br />Etymology: Prop. <b class="b2">the one who stays back, the following</b>, comparative to [[δεύομαι]], s. 2. [[δέω]]. - Ruijgh, Lingua 28 (1970)317f. finds <b class="b3">-τερος</b> after a verbal stem improbable, and suggests that it was added to an adverbial stem <b class="b3">*δευ</b>, perhaps seen in [[δεῦτε]].