δέω1
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Etymon-lemma
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Quotation
Δυάς. παρὰ τὸ συνδεδέσθαι ἄλλῳ ἀριθμῷ, τῷ ἑνί· τὸ γὰρ <ἓν> ἀπολελυμένον ἐστὶ, παρὰ τὸ ἕσιν καὶ ἄφεσιν [Orion does not have the <ἕν>, which is preserved in the Gudianum]
Translation (En)
Duas "dyad", from sundedesthai "to be linked" to another number, the number one (hen). For the latter is separated, it comes from hesis "action of letting go" and aphesis "action of letting go"
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, delta, p. 381 (Δυάς· παρὰ τὸ συνδεδέσθαι ἄλλῳ ἀριθ⟦μῷ⟧, τῷ ἑνί· τὸ γὰρ ἓν ἀπολελυμένον ἐστί, παρὰ τὴν ἕσιν καὶ ἄφεσιν); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, delta, p. 579 (idem); Etym. Gudianum, delta, p. 380 (Δυάς· παρὰ τὸ διϊέναι· μόνη γὰρ πρώτη ἡ δυὰς διΐσταται ἀπὸ τῆς μονάδος, ὅθεν οἱ Πυθαγορικοὶ τόλμαν αὐτὴν εἶπον. ‖ ἢ παρὰ τὸ διήκειν καὶ διεξιέναι. ἢ παρὰ τὸ συνδεδέσθαι τῷ <αʹ> ἀριθμῷ· τὸ γὰρ ἓν ἀπολελυμένον ἐστίν· ἔστι γὰρ δώ δύω <ὡς> ῥέω ῥύω χέω χύω. ἢ παρὰ τὸ διϊέναι μόνη· καὶ γὰρ ἡ δυὰς πρώτη διΐσταται ἀπὸ τῆς μονάδος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 289 (Δυάς: Παρὰ τὸ δῶ, τὸ δεσμῶ· ἵν’ ᾖ ὁ ἐκ συνδέσεως πρῶτος ἀριθμὸς, πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν τῆς μονάδος. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ συνδεδέσθαι ἄλλῳ ἀριθμῷ, τῷ ἑνί· τὸ γὰρ ἓν ἀπολελυμένον ἐστὶ, παρὰ τὴν ἕσιν καὶ τὴν ἄφεσιν. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ διεῖναι· μόνη γὰρ πρώτη ἡ δυὰς διΐσταται ἀπὸ τῆς μονάδος· ὅθεν οἱ Πυθαγόρειοι τόλμαν αὐτὴν εἶπον. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ δύο, δυάς); Etym. Symeonis, delta 371 (Δυάς· παρὰ τὸ συνδεδέσθαι ἄλλῳ ἀριθμῷ τῷ ἑνί· τὸ γὰρ ἓν ἀπολελυμένον ἐστί)
Comment
Derivational etymology, relying on the idea that the numbers are organized in a series and that "two" presupposes "one", with which it is bound.