δύο
dyo
two
Appears 1,053 times across Aristotle's works.
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History of Animals 205 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 27 ▸
Chapter 13 493a17–493b1Book II 25 ▸
Book III 17 ▸
Chapter 7 516a8–516b30Chapter 12 518b35–519a29Chapter 13 519a30–519b6Chapter 21 522b6–523a12Book IV 34 ▸
Chapter 5 530a32–531a7Chapter 7 531b20–532b28Chapter 8 532b29–535a26Book V 14 ▸
Chapter 6 541b1–18Chapter 9 542b17–543a13Chapter 12 544a1–24Chapter 16 548a22–549a13Chapter 17 549a14–549b28Chapter 18 549b29–550b21Chapter 21 553a17–553b6Chapter 30 556a14–556b20Book VI 42 ▸
Chapter 1 558b8–559a14Chapter 2 559a15–561a3Chapter 3 561a4–562b2Chapter 5 563a5–16Chapter 7 563b14–564a6Chapter 8 564a7–24Chapter 10 564b14–566a1Chapter 13 567a17–568a10Chapter 17 570a25–571b2Chapter 19 573b17–574a15Chapter 21 575a13–575b20Chapter 23 577a18–577b18Chapter 26 578a10–16Chapter 29 578b6–579a17Chapter 30 579a18–30Chapter 35 580a11–31Chapter 37 580b10–581a5Book VII 8 ▸
Book VIII 9 ▸
Book IX 29 ▸
Chapter 11 614b31–615a19Chapter 18 616b33–617a10Chapter 19 617a11–17Chapter 25 617b19–22Chapter 28 617b31–618a7Chapter 30 618a31–618b8Chapter 31 618b9–17Chapter 33 619b13–17Chapter 37 620b10–622b18Chapter 43 629a29–629b4Chapter 48 631a8–631b4 -
Metaphysics 113 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 17 ▸
Book α 1 ▸
Chapter 1 993a30–993b31Book Β 4 ▸
Book Γ 7 ▸
Book Δ 9 ▸
Book Ε 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1026a33–1027a28Book Ζ 13 ▸
Book Θ 5 ▸
Book Ι 13 ▸
Book Κ 7 ▸
Book Λ 6 ▸
Book Μ 22 ▸
Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16Chapter 4 1078b7–1079b11Chapter 7 1080b37–1082b37Chapter 8 1083a1–1085a2 -
Politics 84 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39Book II 13 ▸
Book III 8 ▸
Book IV 16 ▸
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38Chapter 10 1295a1–24Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12Chapter 15 1299a3–1300b12Book V 28 ▸
Chapter 2 1302a16–1302b4Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16Chapter 6 1305a37–1306b21Book VI 3 ▸
Book VII 13 ▸
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Physics 74 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 16 ▸
Book II 5 ▸
Book III 11 ▸
Book IV 19 ▸
Chapter 1 208a27–209a30Chapter 3 210a14–210b31Chapter 5 212a31–213a11Chapter 7 213b30–214b11Chapter 9 216b22–217b28Chapter 14 222b30–224a17Book V 5 ▸
Book VI 3 ▸
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Parts of Animals 69 ▸
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Topics 54 ▸
Open Topics ›Book II 13 ▸
Book III 6 ▸
Book V 10 ▸
Book VI 15 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 13 162b31–163a28 -
Generation of Animals 42 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 40 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 27 ▸
Chapter 7 75a38–75b20Chapter 9 75b37–76a30Chapter 25 86a31–86b39Chapter 31 87b28–88a17 -
On the Heavens 38 ▸
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Prior Analytics 34 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 14 ▸
Book II 20 ▸
Chapter 14 62b29–63b21Chapter 15 63b22–64b27Chapter 23 68b8–37 -
Nicomachean Ethics 30 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 13 1102a5–1103a10Book II 6 ▸
Book V 10 ▸
Book VI 5 ▸
Book VII 3 ▸
Book X 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29 -
Mechanica 28 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 4 850a30–850b9Chapter 8 851b6–852a13Chapter 11 852a29–37Chapter 12 852a38–852b10Chapter 17 853a19–31Chapter 19 853b14–24Chapter 21 854a16–31Chapter 28 857a34–857b8Chapter 29 857b9–20Chapter 35 858b4–31 -
Rhetoric 27 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 26 ▸
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De Anima 24 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 24 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 6 ▸
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Meteorology 21 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 5 ▸
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Progression of Animals 16 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 3 705a3–25Chapter 5 706a26–706b16Chapter 6 706b17–707a15Chapter 8 708a9–708b19Chapter 11 710b5–711a7Chapter 12 711a8–711b32Chapter 18 714a20–714b7 -
Sophistical Refutations 15 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 6 168a17–169a21Chapter 8 169b18–170a19Chapter 9 170a20–170b11Chapter 10 170b12–171b2Chapter 16 175a1–30 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 10 ▸
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Categories 4 ▸
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De Mundo 4 ▸
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De Interpretatione 4 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 4 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 2 ▸
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Physiognomonics 2 ▸
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On Memory 1 ▸
Open On Memory ›Chapter 1 449b4–451a17
Dictionary (LSJ)
δύο [ῠ], also δύω in Ep., Eleg. and late, SIG 1231 (Nicomedia, iii/ iv A. D.), not in Ion. Inscrr. nor in Trag. (δύο ῥοπάς shd. be read in E. Hel. 1090), nor in Att. Prose or Inscrr.: Lacon. acc. δύε IG 5(1).1; Thess. fem. δύας ib.9(2).517: gen. and dat. δυοῖν Hp. Vict. 1.3, but f.l. in Hdt. 1.11,91 [used as monos. in S. OT 640, cf. δώδεκα for δυώδ-]; later Att. also δυεῖν (esp. in fem. gen.) found in codd. of E. El. 536, cited fr. Th. by Ael.Dion.(?) Fr. 372, cf. 1.20 (cod. Laur.); Boeot. δουῖν Corinn. Supp. 2.54; later δυσί, δυσὶν ἡμέραις Th. 8.101 codd., δυσὶν ἡμέρῃσι v.l. in Hp. Acut.(Sp. ) 67; δυοῖν ὄμμασι καὶ δυσὶν ἀκοαῖς Arist. Pol. 1287b27, cf.Men. 699, SIG 344.26 (Teos, iv B.C.), etc.: early Att. Inscrr. have δυοῖν IG 12.3.10, al., later δυεῖν SIG 2587.286, IG 22.463.78, al., from cent. iii on δυσί ib.1028.27, al.; Ion. gen. δυῶν GDI 5653d9 (Chios), Hdt. 1.94, 130, etc., dat. δυοῖσι ib. 32,7.104; δυῶν also Dor., Leg.Gort. 1.40, Tab.Heracl. 1.139; δυοῖς Leg.Gort. 7.46.— Used indecl., like ἄμφω, by Hom. (who has no gen. or dat. δυοῖν) , τῶν δύο μοιράων Il. 10.253; δύω κανόνεσσι 13.407, etc.; so in Hdt. and Att., δύο νεῶν Hdt. 8.82; δύο ζεύγεσι Id. 3.130; δύο νεῶν Th. 3.89; δύο πλέθρων X. An. 3.4.9; with dual, δύο μναῖν dub. l. Id. Mem. 2.5.2; but not in Trag. and rare in Com., ἔτεσιν δύο Alex. 105; δύʼ ἔτεσιν Damox. 2.3: not in Att. Inscrr. before the Roman period, IG 3.1443, al.:—Α. two, Il. 1.16, etc.; in Hom., δύο and δύω are sts. joined with plural Nouns, δύο δʼ ἄνδρες 18.498, al.; also in Trag., δύο κριούς S. Aj. 237 (lyr.); in Att. Prose, δύο τέχνας Pl. Grg. 464b; but δυοῖν is rare with plural Nouns, ὀρθοστάταις δυοῖν IG 2.1054.64; ἕνα καὶ δύο one or two, a few, Il. 2.346; δύʼ ἢ τρεῖς Ar. Pax 829, cf. X. HG 3.5.20; εἰς δύο two and two, Id. Cyr. 7.5.17; σὺν δύο two together, Il. 10.224, Hdt. 4.66; δύο ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν to split the state into two, divide it, Arist. Pol. 1310a4.
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