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|etymtx=Grammatical information: num.<br />Meaning: [[twelve]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: ep. Ion. Dor. also <b class="b3">δυώδεκα</b>, Arc. <b class="b3">δυόδεκο</b>; hell. also <b class="b3">δεκαδύο</b><br />Compounds: <b class="b3">δυωδεκά-βοιος</b> <b class="b2">worth twelve cows</b> (Il.) etc.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">δωδέκατος</b> (<b class="b3">δυω-</b>; on [[δυνδεκάτῃ]] s. v.) <b class="b2">the twelfth</b> (Il.) with <b class="b3">δωδεκαταῖος</b> <b class="b2">of twelve days</b> (Hes.) from <b class="b3">δωδεκάτη</b> (<b class="b3">ἡμέρα</b>), and <b class="b3">δυωδεκατεύς</b> (<b class="b3">μήν</b>) <b class="b2">the twelfth month</b> (Tauromenion); <b class="b3">δωδεκάς</b> (<b class="b3">δυω-</b>) f. <b class="b2">group of twelve, the twelfth part</b> (Pl.) with <b class="b3">δυωδεκαδικός</b>; <b class="b3">δωδεκαΐς</b>, <b class="b3">-ηΐς</b> (<b class="b3">δυω-</b>) <b class="b2">sacrifice of twelve animals</b>, also name of a a festive deputation (Delphi Va etc.; cf. <b class="b3">Πυθαΐς</b>); <b class="b3">δωδεκεύς χοεύς</b> H.; <b class="b3">δωδεκάκις</b> <b class="b2">twelve times</b> (Ar.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [228] <b class="b2">*du̯odeḱm̥</b> [[twelve]]<br />Etymology: Old contraction of <b class="b3">*δϜώ-δεκα</b> = Skt. <b class="b2">dvā́-daśa</b>. Also <b class="b3">δυώδεκα</b> as in Lat. [[doudecim]]. See [[δύο]].

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