δεύτερος second, being comp. of δύο: in point of Order, of one who comes in second in a race, Il.: in Attic with Art., ὁ δεύτερος Soph., etc.; αἱ δεύτεραι φροντίδες second thoughts, Eur.; proverb., τὸν δ. πλοῦν to try the next best way, Plat. of Time, δευτέρηι ἡμέρηι on the next day, Hdt.: c. gen., ἐμεῖο δεύτερος after my time, Il.; δευτέρωι ἔτεϊ τούτων in the year after this, Hdt.: in neut. as adv., δεύτερον αὖ, δεύτερον αὖτις secondly, next, afterwards, a second time, Hom., Attic; in Prose also δεύτερα:— with Art., τὸ δεύτερον Hdt., Aesch., etc.; τὰ δεύτερα Thuc.; ἐκ δευτέρου for the second time, NTest. in point of Rank, second, δ. μετʼ ἐκεῖνον Hdt.; c. gen., δεύτερος οὐδενός second to none, Hdt.; ἡγεῖσθαι δεύτερον to think quite secondary, Soph. the second of two, δευτέρη αὐτή herself with another, Hdt. as Subst., δεύτερα, τά, δευτερεῖα, the second prize or place, Il., Hdt.