diptote

[ dip-toht ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a substantive declined in only two cases, especially when occurring in a language in which this is less than the normal number.

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Word History and Origins

1605–15; < Late Latin �徱��ō�ٴǲ� noun with only two cases < Greek, equivalent to di- di- ¹ + -��ō�ٴǲ�, verbid of ��í��ٱ𾱲� to fall; compare ��ō�� accidence, literally, falling

dipterous diptych

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