- δίς
- δίςGrammatical information: num. adv.Meaning: `twice' (Od.);Other forms: as first member δι- `two-' (Il.).Compounds: as first member διχο-Derivatives: Denomin. δίζω `hesitate' (Π 713, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1, 65). Further διξός (Ion.), δισσός, Att. διττός `twofold, double' with δισσαχοῦ, -ττ- etc. (see below); δίχα adv. (prep.) `apart, separated' (Il.) with διχῃ̃, διχοῦ etc.; from διχο- διχάς f. `half, middle' (Arat.; after μονάς etc.) and the denomin. διχάζω `distribute' (Pl.) with διχασμός, δίχασις (hell.), διχαστῆρες ὀδόντες `the cutting teeth' (Poll.); also διχάω (Arat.), διχαίω (Arat.; s. Schwyzer 676). - διχθά `apart. in two' (Hom.) with διχθάδιος `twofold, double' (Hom.), διχθάς f. (as adj.) `double' (Musae.). - Isolated δισκάζεται διαφέρεται H.; for *διξάζεται or dissimilated from διστάζεται?Origin: IE [Indo-European] [228] *du̯is `twice'Etymology: Old num. adverb, identical with Skt. dvíḥ, Lat. bis (OLat. duis), NHG zwir `twice'; as first member di- = Skt. dvi-, Lat. bi- (cf. on δύο), Germ., e. g. Goth. twi-, Lith. dvi-; e. g. δί-πους, Skt. dvi-pád-, Lat. bi-pēs; cf. Gonda Reflexions on the numerals "one" and "two" 41f. - Unclear is the velar-derivation; beside Gr. δίχα we have Skt. dví-dhā `twofold', of which the dh may be found in δι-χ-θα. Also διξός and δισσός suppose velar derivations: *διχθ-ι̯ο-, διχ-ι̯ο-? S. Schwyzer 598. - After δίχα, διχθά also τρίχα, τριχθά etc. (Schwyzer ib.). - IE *du̯i-s belongs to δύο; beside *du̯i-s in δί-ς we have *dis- in δι-α, s. v. S. also δοιοί.Page in Frisk: 1,398-399
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.