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Dioscuri

Dioscuri proper noun: the twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.

Proper noun

the Dioscuri pl (plural only)

  1. (Greek, plural, plural-only) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
    • 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?1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Grown Electric”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book IV (States-General), page 130
    • Cæsar, either more ambitious or less confident in his services, raised a new and costly row of columns in front of the Capitol. He built a temple to the Dioscuri, and he charmed the populace with a show of gladiators unusually extensive.1879, James Anthony Froude, chapter XI, in Cæsar: A Sketch, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 108

Synonyms of Dioscuri

Origin of Dioscuri

From Latin Dioscūrī, from Ancient Greek Διόσκουροι (Dióskouroi, “the youths of Zeus”).

Words formed from Dioscuri

Questions about Dioscuri

What does Dioscuri mean?
Dioscuri means the twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
What part of speech is Dioscuri?
Dioscuri is a proper noun.

Words near Dioscuri in the dictionary

  1. dioscoresides
  2. Dioscoridean
  3. Dioscoridian
  4. dioscorin
  5. dioscorins
  6. Dioscuri
  7. dioscuric
  8. diose
  9. dioses
  10. diosgenin
  11. diosgenins

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