Talk:didymus

RFV discussion: May 2019

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didymus

DTLHS (talk) 17:00, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

One cite for the plural "didymi" (not sure of the meaning, though). Canonicalization (talk) 17:36, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

This looks like the Latinization (medical New Latin?) of Ancient Greek δίδυμος (dídumos), which as an adjective means “twofold”, and as a noun “twins”, and hence also “testicles” (aka “testes”), as these usually come as a pair. So, although the form is singular, the meaning is plural – or, one might say, dual. However, it is also found in the plural in Koine Greek in the Septuagint, Deuteronomy 25:11 – prudishly translated as “private parts”.  --Lambiam 23:46, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Another cite for the plural, explained by the context.  --Lambiam 23:51, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

The same book, a medical dictionary, has an entry for the singular. (This is a mention, but the entry immediately above that contains a use.)  --Lambiam 23:57, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 02:16, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Also Siamese twins?

The same medical dictionaries (The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary, Gould, 1919; American Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 1919 and 1922; A Practical Medical Dictionary, Stedman, 1922) also define the word as "a twin-monstrosity", i.e. Siamese twins. Equinox ◑ 13:10, 7 April 2020 (UTC)