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δεύτερος

second, being comp. of δύο:
I.in point of Order, of one who comes in second in a race, Il.: in attic with Art., δεύτερος Soph., etc.; αἱ δεύτεραι φροντίδες second thoughts, Eur.; proverb., τὸν δ. πλοῦν to try the next best way, Plat.
2.of Time, δευτέρηι ἡμέρηι on the next day, Hdt.: c. gen., ἐμεῖο δεύτερος after my time, Il.; δευτέρωι ἔτεϊ τούτων in the year after this, Hdt.: in neut. as adv., δεύτερον αὖ, δεύτερον αὖτις secondly, next, afterwards, a second time, Hom., attic; in Prose also δεύτερα:— with Art., τὸ δεύτερον Hdt., Aesch., etc.; τὰ δεύτερα Thuc.; ἐκ δευτέρου for the second time, NTest.
II.in point of Rank, second, δ. μετ᾽ ἐκεῖνον Hdt.; c. gen., δεύτερος οὐδενός second to none, id=Hdt.; ἡγεῖσθαι δεύτερον to think quite secondary, Soph.
2.the second of two, δευτέρη αὐτή herself with another, Hdt.
III.as Subst., δεύτερα, τά, δευτερεῖα, the second prize or place, Il., Hdt.

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