- δεύτερος
- δεύτεροςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `second', in order and time, also in status (Il.).Derivatives: δευτεραῖος `belonging to the second day' (Hdt.; from ἡ δευτέρα [ἡμέρα], cf. Schwyzer 596); δευτερεῖα (sc. ἆθλα) n. pl., later also -ον and as adjective (Hdt.; after ἀριστεῖα); δευτερίας (οἶνος) bad wine, made from the draff, the στέμφυλα (Nikopho [?], Dsc.; after the wines in -ίας, Chantr. Form. 94f.; also δευτερίναρ [Lac.] H.); δευτέριον `afterbirth' (Aq.). - Denomin. δευτερεύω `be second' (Plb.), δευτεριάζω `id.' (Ar. Ek. 634); δευτερόω `repeat' (LXX) with δευτέρωσις (LXX) and δευτέρωμα (Eust.). - Beside δεύτερος rarely the superlative δεύτατος (Τ 51, Mosch.).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Prop. `the one who stays back, the following', comparative to δεύομαι, s. 2. δέω. - Ruijgh, Lingua 28 (1970)317f. finds -τερος after a verbal stem improbable, and suggests that it was added to an adverbial stem *δευ, perhaps seen in δεῦτε.Page in Frisk: 1,372
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.