- δοιοι
- δοιοίGrammatical information: pl.Meaning: `two, both' (Il.),Other forms: δοιώ du.Dialectal forms: Myc. PN duwojo \/dwojos\/Derivatives: δοιός sg. `double' (Emp.). δοιάς f. `group of two' (gloss.; after μονάς etc.) and denomin. δοιάζω, -ομαι, aor. δοιάξαι, also δοάσσαι (through blending with δοάσσατο) `linger, deliberate', also (after δοάσσατο) `imagine, believe' (B.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [228] *du̯oi- `twofold, double'Etymology: ἐν δοιῃ̃ `in dubio, in hesitation' (Ι 230), from where ἐνδοιάζω `hesitate' (Th.) with ἐνδοιαστός, -ῶς `doubtful' (Ion., Th.) and late ἐνδοίασις, -άσιμος, -ασμός, -αστής, -αστικός. - Old formation to δύο, identical with Skt. dvayá-, OCS dъvojь `twofold', Germ., e. g. OHG zweiio, Goth. twaddje, ONord. tveggja gen. pl., IE *du̯o(i)i̯ó-; beside -du̯ei̯o- in Lith. dvejì `(each) two', OHG zwī `twig'; so to *du̯i- (s. δίς). - The maintenance of the intervocalic ι in Greek and the Germanic geminate (or "Verschärfung" to) Goth. ddj, ONord. ggj points to double i . Acc. to Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1914, 119f. (with Fraenkel Glotta 32, 19) (ἐν) δοιῃ̃ must be compared with Skt. dat. f. dvayyái . - S. also Gonda Reflexions on the numerals "one" and "two" 44 und 47f.Page in Frisk: 1,404
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.