Meanings
- Greekpluralplural onlyhuman sciencesThe 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 1301 more example
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 108Synonyms: Gemini, Heavenly Twins
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dyew-
- Proto-Indo-European*dyḗws
- Proto-Hellenic*Dzéus
- Ancient GreekΖεύς (Zeús)
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
- Proto-Hellenic*kórwos
- Ancient Greekκόρος (kóros)
- Ancient GreekΔῐόσκοροι (Dĭóskoroi)
- LatinDioscūrī
- EnglishDioscuri
From Latin Dioscūrī, from Ancient Greek Διόσκουροι (Dióskouroi, “the youths of Zeus”).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish Dioskurerne
- Dioskurernethe twins
Finnish dioskuurit
- dioskuuritthe twins
French Dioscures
- Dioscuresthe twins
German Dioskuren
- Dioskurenthe twins
Greek Διόσκουροι
- Διόσκουροι (Dióskouroi)the twins
Latin Dioscūrī
- Dioscūrīthe twins
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Dioscuri. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dioscuri
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