Quick Definition
Διόσκουροι, ων, οἱ n.m. the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux
Strong's Definition
sons of Jupiter, i.e. the twins Dioscuri
Derivation: from the alternate of G2203 (Ζεύς) and a form of the base of G2877 (κοράσιον);
KJV Usage: Castor and Pollux
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun-name, m. | -ων | Διός + κοῦρος
93.98 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons
Dioscuri meaning heavenly twins a joint name for Castor and Pollux, pagan deities of an Alexandrian ship
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Διόσ-κουροι (Phrynichus prefers the form Διόσκοροι ; in earlier Attic the dual τὼ Διοσκόρω was more usual, cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 235), -ων, oi, (fr. 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: Acts xxviii. 11 [R. V. The Twin Brothers; ef. B.D. s. vy. Castor and Pollux.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Διόσκουροι Dioskouroi 1x
the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, sons of Jupiter by Leda, and patrons of sailors, Acts 28:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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): Ac 28:11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Διόσκουροι. On the form see Mayser G7. p. 10 f., where it is shown that the divine name was regularly Διόσκοροι, the Attic form: Διοσκούριον occurs once, in P Petr IIL. 117(@)?* | (iii/B.c.) τοῦ [περὶ] τὸ Διοσκούριον. ‘Ihe Ionic form with ov appears in Ac 28" practically without variant. It is | noteworthy that the extremely common personal names derived from the Dioscuri—see above, s.v. A{Svpos—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 See also Pauly-Wissowa vy. colin by different channels. 1141-
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Διόσκουροι (Dioskouroi) — the twin gods. Δῐόσ-κοροι (the Attic dialect form, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 212), Ionic dialect and later Διόσκουροι, οἱ, the sons of Zeus, i. e. the twins of Leda, Castor and Polydeuces, [Refs 6th c.BC+]: -κούρων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; -κόρων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. constellation named from them the Twins, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III. ={παρωτίδες}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]