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|etymtx=Grammatical information: num. adv.<br />Meaning: [[twice]] (Od.);<br />Other forms: as first member <b class="b3">δι-</b> <b class="b2">two-</b> (Il.).<br />Compounds: as first member <b class="b3">διχο-</b><br />Derivatives: Denomin. <b class="b3">δίζω</b> [[hesitate]] (Π 713, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1, 65). Further <b class="b3">διξός</b> (Ion.), <b class="b3">δισσός</b>, Att. <b class="b3">διττός</b> [[twofold]], [[double]] with <b class="b3">δισσαχοῦ</b>, <b class="b3">-ττ-</b> etc. (see below); <b class="b3">δίχα</b> adv. (prep.) [[apart]], [[separated]] (Il.) with <b class="b3">διχῃ̃</b>, <b class="b3">διχοῦ</b> etc.; from <b class="b3">διχο- διχάς</b> f. [[half]], [[middle]] (Arat.; after <b class="b3">μονάς</b> etc.) and the denomin. <b class="b3">διχάζω</b> [[distribute]] (Pl.) with <b class="b3">διχασμός</b>, <b class="b3">δίχασις</b> (hell.), <b class="b3">διχαστῆρες ὀδόντες</b> <b class="b2">the cutting teeth</b> (Poll.); also <b class="b3">διχάω</b> (Arat.), <b class="b3">διχαίω</b> (Arat.; s. Schwyzer 676). - <b class="b3">διχθά</b> <b class="b2">apart. in two</b> (Hom.) with <b class="b3">διχθάδιος</b> [[twofold]], [[double]] (Hom.), <b class="b3">διχθάς</b> f. (as adj.) [[double]] (Musae.). - Isolated <b class="b3">δισκάζεται διαφέρεται</b> H.; for <b class="b3">*διξάζεται</b> or dissimilated from <b class="b3">διστάζεται</b>?<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [228] <b class="b2">*du̯is</b> [[twice]]<br />Etymology: Old num. adverb, identical with Skt. <b class="b2">dvíḥ</b>, Lat. [[bis]] (OLat. [[duis]]), NHG [[zwir]] [[twice]]; as first member <b class="b2">di-</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">dvi-</b>, Lat. <b class="b2">bi-</b> (cf. on [[δύο]]), Germ., e. g. Goth. <b class="b2">twi-</b>, Lith. <b class="b2">dvi-</b>; e. g. <b class="b3">δί-πους</b>, Skt. <b class="b2">dvi-pád-</b>, Lat. <b class="b2">bi-pēs</b>; cf. Gonda Reflexions on the numerals "one" and "two" 41f. - Unclear is the velar-derivation; beside Gr. <b class="b3">δίχα</b> we have Skt. <b class="b2">dví-dhā</b> [[twofold]], of which the [[dh]] may be found in <b class="b3">δι-χ-θα</b>. Also <b class="b3">διξός</b> and <b class="b3">δισσός</b> suppose velar derivations: <b class="b3">*διχθ-ι̯ο-</b>, <b class="b3">διχ-ι̯ο-</b>? S. Schwyzer 598. - After <b class="b3">δίχα</b>, <b class="b3">διχθά</b> also <b class="b3">τρίχα</b>, <b class="b3">τριχθά</b> etc. (Schwyzer ib.). - IE <b class="b2">*du̯i-s</b> belongs to <b class="b3">δύο</b>; beside <b class="b2">*du̯i-s</b> in <b class="b3">δί-ς</b> we have <b class="b2">*dis-</b> in <b class="b3">δι-α</b>, s. v. S. also <b class="b3">δοιοί</b>.

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