English Explanatory Dictionary

Dioscuri

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.

Word forms

Dioscuri the Dioscuri

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws Proto-Hellenic *Dzéus Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús) Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Hellenic *kórwos Ancient Greek κόρος (kóros) Ancient Greek Δῐόσκορος (Dĭóskoros)lbor. Latin Dioscūrīlbor. English Dioscuri From Latin Dioscūrī, from Ancient Greek Διόσκουροι (Dióskouroi, “the youths of Zeus”).

Synonyms

Gemini Heavenly Twins
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