δεύτερος
"second", being comp. of δύο:
I. 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.
2. 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.
II. in point of Rank, "second", δ. μετ᾽ ἐκεῖνον Hdt.; c. gen., δεύτερος οὐδενός "second" to none, id=Hdt.; ἡγεῖσθαι δεύτερον to think quite "secondary", Soph.
2. "the second of two", δευτέρη αὐτή herself "with another", Hdt.
III. as Subst., δεύτερα, τά, ῀ δευτερεῖα, "the second prize or place", Il., Hdt.