The corpus record

Δῐόσ-κοροι

*dioskoroi · οἱ

the sons of Zeus

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Where it lives

Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant

Δῐόσ-κοροι · Dios-koroi — LSJ

the sons of Zeus, the twins of Leda

the sons of Zeus, i.e. the twins of Leda, Castor and Polydeuces, h.Hom. 33.1, etc.: dual Διοσκόρω, τώ, Ar. Pax 285, Ec. 1069, E. Or. 465, Amphis 9, Men. 846, Them. Or. 21.253d: sg. dub. in Hippon. 120, cf. Varr. LL 5.66: Διόσκοροι is required by metre in E. Hel. 1643, El. 1239: -κούρων Pl. Euthd. 293a; -κόρων Id. Lg. 796b, cod. Laur. in Th. 3.75: both forms in codd. of Hdt. 2.43, 6.127.

II the Twins

constellation named from them the Twins, Eratosth. Cat. 10.

III

= παρωτίδες, Gal. 19.440, Eust. 410.17.

In the wild

Διόσκοροι · Dioskoroi Euripides, Electra *dio/skouroi (DIORISIS sentence 786)
Διόσκοροι · Dioskoroi Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 1078)

Where it came from

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