A.second, (perh. from δύο with Comp. termination):
I. next in Order (with a notion of Time), in Il. (not in Od.) of one who comes in second in a race, 23.265; “δ. ἐλθεῖν” 22.207; “δ. αὖτ᾽ . . προΐει . . ἔγχος” next, 20.273, etc.; οὔ μ᾽ ἔτι δ. ὧδε ἵξετ᾽ ἄχος no second grief, i.e. none hereafter like this, 23.46; as Comp., c. gen., ἐμεῖο δεύτεροι after my time, ib.248; σοὶ δ᾽ οὐκέτι δ. ἔσται no second choice will be allowed thee, Hes.Op.34; in Att. and Trag. with Art., “ὁ δ.” S.OC1315, etc.; αἱ δ. πως φροντίδες σοφώτεραι second thoughts are wisest, E.Hipp.436: prov., δ. πλοῦς the next best way, Pl.Phd.99d, etc.; “ὁ δ. πλοῦς ἐστι δήπου λεγόμενος, ἂν ἀποτύχῃ τις οὐρίου, κώπαισι πλεῖν” Men.241.
2. of Time, next, later, δ. χρόνῳ in after time, Pi.O.1.43; δ. ἡμέρῃ on the next day, Hdt.1.82; δ. ἔτεϊ τούτων in the year after this, Id.6.46: neut. as Adv., δεύτερον αὖ, αὖτε, αὖτις, a second time, Il.3.332, 191, Od.9.354; “ἐν τᾷ δ. ἐκκλησίᾳ” SIG644.20: with the Art., “τὸ δ.” Sapph.Supp.4.11, Hdt.1.79, A.Ag.1082, X.Cyr.2.2.1: also pl., Hdt.3.53, 9.3; τὰ δ. κινδυνεύσοντας about to run the next dangers, Th.6.78; later, ἐκ δευτέρου for the second time, Ev.Marc.14.72, Dsc.5.87.10; “ἐκ δευτέρης” Babr. 114.5, cf. PStrassb.100.22 (ii B. C.): regul. Adv. “δευτέρως” Pl.Lg. 955e, Sallust.18, etc.
II. in Order or Rank (without any notion of Time), second, “δ.μετ᾽ ἐκεῖνον” Hdt.1.31, cf. S.Ph.1442, etc.; “πολὺ δ.” Id.OC1228 (lyr.); πολὺ δ. μετά τι very much behind, Th.2.97; “μετὰ τὸ πλουτεῖν δ.” Antiph.144.9: c. gen., δ. οὐδενός second to none, Hdt.1.23, Plb.31.27.16; “δ. παιδὸς σῆς” E.Tr.618; “πάντα τἄλλα δεύτερ᾽ ἦν τῶν προσδοκιῶν” D.19.24; “πρὸς τὰ χρήματα θνητοῖσι τἄλλα δεύτερ᾽” S.Fr.354.5; “τὰ ἄλλα πάντα δ. τε καὶ ὕστερα λεκτέον” Pl.Phlb.59c; logically or metaphysically posterior, “πᾶν πλῆθος δ. ἐστι τοῦ ἑνός” Procl.Inst.5, cf. 36, Dam.Pr.126, al.; δεύτερ᾽ ἡγεῖσθαι think quite secondary, S.OC 351; δεύτερον ἄγειν, δεύτερα ποιεῖσθαι, Luc.Symp.9, Plu.2.162e; “ἐν δευτέρῳ τίθεσθαι” Id.Fab.24, cf. Jul.Or.8.242b; ἱερὸν δ. of the second class, OGI56.59 (iii B. C.), etc.
2. the second of two, δ. αὐτή herself with another, Hdt.4.113, cf. AB89; ἑπτὰ δ. σοφοί a second seven sages, Euphro 1.12; εἷς καὶ δ. unus et alter, Hdn.Gr.2.934; “εἷς ἢ δ.” Jul.Or.6.190d; “ἕν τι . . ἢ δεύτερον” D.Chr.33.7; δ. καὶ τρίτος two or three, Plb.26.1.1.; neut. as Adv., ἅπαξ καὶ δεύτερον once or twice, Jul. ad Ath.278c.
III. as Subst., τὰ δ., = δευτερεῖα, the second prize or place, Il.23.538; “τὰ δ. φέρεσθαι” Hdt.8.104.
2. after-birth, Dsc.1.48,50.