Dioscuri

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together. Greek, plural, plural-only

    "Or, alas, might not one rather attribute it to Diana in the shape of Hunger? To some twin Dioscuri, Oppression and Revenge; so often seen in the battles of men?"

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geminiheavenly twins

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"Or, alas, might not one rather attribute it to Diana in the shape of Hunger? To some twin Dioscuri, Oppression and Revenge; so often seen in the battles of men?"

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”).

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