δι-ετής, ές, or διέτης, ες,
I of or lasting two years, χρόνος Hdt. 2.2, etc.; κύησις Arist. GA 777b15, etc.; ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ διετοῦς Id. HA 500a11; ἐπὶ διετὲς ἡβᾶν to be two years past puberty, [Isa 10:12], Aeschin. 3.122, Lexap. D. 46.20.
II two years old, Arist. HA 545b11.
III = sq., Hsch.
G1332 — διετής
διετες (δίς and ἔτος) (from Herodotus down), of two years, two years old: ἀπό διετοῦς namely, παιδός, [Mat 2:16], cf. Fritzsche at the passage; (others take διετοῦς here as neuter; see Meyer).
** διετής , - ές
( < δίς , ἔτος ),
[in LXX : 2Ma 10:3 * ;]
1. lasting two years.
2. two years old: ἀπὸ δ . ( sc . παιδός , or neuter; cf. [1Ch 27:23], ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς ), [Mat 2:16]. †