δύο, genit. indecl. δύο (as in Epic, and occasionally in Hadt., Thue., Xen., Polyb., al. for δυοῖν, more common in Attic [see Rutherford, New Phryn. p. 289 sq.]); dat. δυσί, δυσίν, ([-σί in Mt. vi. 24; Lk. xvi. 13; Acts xxi. 33 (Tr -civ),-oivin Mt. xxii. 40; Mk. xvi.12; Lk. xii.52(RG -ai); Acts xii. 6 (R GL-oi) ; Heb. x. 28; Rev. xi.3 (RG -ai) ; cf. Tdf. Proleg. p.98; WH. App. p. 147]—a form not found in the older and better writ., met with in Hippocr., Aristot., Theophr., frequent fr. Polyb. on, for the Attic δυοῖν); ace. δύο (cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 210; Brim. Ausf. Spr. i. p. 276 sq.; W. § 9, 2 b.; Passow i. p. 729); two: absol., οὐκ ἔτι εἰσὶ δύο, ἀλλὰ σὰρξ μία, Mt. xix. 6; Mk. x. 8; δύο ἣ τρεῖς, Mt. xviii. 20; 1 Co. xiv. 29; τρεῖς ἐπὶ δυσὶ x. δύο ἐπὶ τρισί, Lk. xii. 52; ava and κατὰ δύο, two by two [W. 898 (372); 401 (374); B. 30 (26)], Lk. ix.3 [WH om. Tr br. ἀνά]; x. 1 [WH ava δύο [ δύο]; ef. Acta Philip. 8 36, ed. Tdf. p. 92]; Jn. ii. 6 [apiece]; 1 Co. xiv. 27; δύο δύο two and two, Mk. vi. 7 (so, after the Hebr., in Gen. vi. 19, 20; but the phrase is not altogether foreign even to the Grk. poets, as Aeschyl. Pers. 981 pupia pupia for κατὰ μυριάδας. cf. W. 249 (234), [ef. 39 (38) ]); neut. εἰς δύο into two parts, Mt. xxvii. 51; Mk. xv. 38; with gen. δύο τῶν μαθητῶν(αὐτοῦ), ΜΚ. xi. 1; xiv. 13; Lk. xix. 29; [Mt. xi. 2 RG]; τῶν οἰκετῶν, Acts x. 7. δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν, Lk. xxiv. 13 [ef. Bttm. 158 (138); Win. 203 (191)]. with a noun or pronoun: δύο δαιμονιζόμενοι, Mt. viii. 28. δύο μάχαιραι, Lk. xxii. 38; ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων, Mt. xviii. 16; 2 Co. xiii. 1; δυσὶ κυρίοις, Mt. vi. 24; Lk. xvi. 13; εἶδε δύο ἀδελφούς, Mt. iv. 18; preceded by the article, of δύο the two, the twain: Mt. xix. 5; Mk. x. 8; 1 Co. vi. 16; Eph. v. 31; τοὺς δύο, Eph. ii. 15; ai [Rec. only] δύο διαθῆκαι, Gal. iv. 24; οὗτοι [ Lchm. br. οὗτ.] of δύο υἱοί μου, Mt. xx. 21; περὶ τῶν δύο ἀδελφῶν, Mt. xx. 24; ἐν ταύταις ταῖς δυσὶν ἐντολαῖς, Mt. xxii. 40; τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας, Mt. xiv. 19; Mk. vi. 41; Lk. ix. 16; δύο δηνάρια, Lk. x. 35. Sus, an inseparable prefix conveying the idea of difficulty, opposition, injuriousness or the like, and corresponding to our mis-, un- [Curtius § 278]; opp. to ed. δυσ-βάστακτος. -ov, (Bacratw), hard [A. V. grievous] to be borne: Mt. xxiii. 4 [T WH txt. om. Tr br. δυσβάστ.] and Lk. xi. 46 φορτία δυσβάστακτα, said of precepts hard to obey, and irksome. (Sept. Prov. xxvii. 3; Philo, omn. prob. lib. §5; Plut. quaest. nat. c. 16, 4 p. 915 f.)

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two, Mt. 6:24; 21:38, 31, et al. freq.; οἱ δύο, both, Jn. 20:4; δύο ἠ τρεῖς, two or three, some, a few, Mt. 18:20; from the Hebrew, δύο δύο, two and two, Mk. 6:7, i.q. ἀνὰ δύο, Lk. 10:1, and κατὰ δύο, 1 Cor. 14:27

δύο, numeral, indecl. exc. in dat., δυσί, δυσίν (Attic δυοῖν), two: Mt 19:6, Mk 10:8, Jo 2:6, al.; with pl. noun, Mt 9:27 10:10, al.; οἱ, τῶν, τοὺς δ., Mt 19:5 20:24, Mk 10:8, Eph 2:15, al.; δ. ἐξ, Lk 24:13; distrib., ἀνὰ, κατὰ δ., two and two, two apiece: Lk 10:1 (WH, ἀνὰ δ. [δύο]), Jo 2:6, I Co 14:27; δύο δύο (= ἀνὰ δ., as LXX, Ge 6:19 for שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם, but not merely "Hebraism," cf. μυρία μυρία, Æsch., Pers., 981, and for usage in π. and MGr., v. M, Pr., 21, 97), Mk 6:7; εἰς δ. (two and two, Xen., Cyr., 7, 5, 17), into two parts, Mt 27:51, Mk 15:38.

δύο. The disappearance of the dual flexion of δύο is in line with the whole tendency of Hellenistic: see Pro/eg. p. 77 ff. The gen. and dat. δυοῖν appears occasionally in a document where the writer desires to make broad his Attic phylacteries : thus P Giss I. 99! (B.C. 80) ἐΐν στή[λαι]ν δυοῖν [ἔμπροσθεν ἱδρυμέ[ν]αιν τοῦ [v Jed, P Strass I. 5238 (A.D. 151) ἀρουρῶν δυοῖν ἡμίσους τρίτου (or was this Bvetv?), P Oxy VIII. 1119” | (A.D. 254) δυοῖν θάτερον. The literary Hellenistic δυεῖν

δύο (duo) — two. δύο [ῠ], also δύω in Epic dialect, Eleg. and late, [Refs 5th c.BC+], nor in Attic dialect Prose or Inscrr.: Laconian dialect accusative δύε [Refs]: genitive and dative δυοῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]-]; later Attic dialect also δυεῖν (especially in feminine genitive) found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect δουῖν [Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.: early Attic dialect Inscrr. have δυοῖν [Refs]; Ionic dialect genitive δυῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυῶν also Doric dialect, [Refs]— Used indeclinable, like{ἄμφω}, by [Refs 8th c.BC+] and Attic dialect, δύο νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with dual, δύο μναῖν uncertain reading [Refs]; but not in Trag. and rare in Comedy texts, ἔτεσιν δύο [Refs 4th c.BC+]: not in Attic dialect Inscrr. before the Roman period, [Refs 8th c.BC+] are sometimes joined with plural Nouns, δύο δ᾽ ἄνδρες [Refs]; also in Trag., δύο κριούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect Prose, δύο τέχνας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but δυοῖν is rare with plural Nouns, ὀρθοστάταις δυοῖν [Refs]; ἕνα καὶ δύο one or two, a few, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς δύο two and two, [Refs]; σὺν δύο two together, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δύο ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν to split the state into two, divide it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]