Διόσκουροι (Phrynichus prefers the form Διόσκοροι; in earlier Attic the dual τῷ Διοσκόρω was more usual, cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 235), Διοσκορων, οἱ (from Διός of Zeus, and κοῦρος; or κόρος, boy, as κόρη, girl), Dioscuri, the name given to Castor and ((Polydeuces, the Roman)) Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda, tutelary deities of sailors: Act_28:11 (R. V. The Twin Brothers; cf. B. D. under the word ).

Διόσκουροι Dioskouroi 1x the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, sons of Jupiter by Leda, and patrons of sailors, Act_28:11

Διόσ -κουροι , -ων , οἱ ( Ion . and κοινή form of Att.. ., Διόσκοροι ; < Διός , gen . of Ζεύς + κόρος , a son), the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), twin sons of Zeus and Leda ( RV , The Twin Brothers): Act_28:11 .†

Διόσκουροι [page 164] On the form see Mayser Gr. p. 10 f., where it is shown that the divine name was regularly Διόσκοροι , the Attic form : Διοσκούριον occurs once, in P Petr III. 117( d ) .24 (iii/B.C.) τοῦ [περὶ ] τὸ Διοσκούριον . The Ionic form with ου appears in Act_28:11 practically without variant. It is noteworthy that the extremely common personal names derived from the Dioscuri see above, s.v. Δίδυμος take the forms Διόσκορος and Διοσκουρίδης , and the latter figures even in Attica (Meisterhans Gr. p. 27). Schweizer, Perg. p. 67, discusses the relation of the forms, which may be confidently assigned to dialect mixture. The suggestion is that Dioscorus and Dioscurides as personal names came in by different channels. See also Pauly-Wissowa v. col. 1141.

Διόσ-κουροι, -ων, οἱ (Ion. and κοινή form of Att..., Διόσκοροι; Διός, genitive of Ζεύς + κόρος, a son), the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), twin sons of Zeus and Leda (RV, The Twin Brothers): Act.28:11.† (AS)