diptote

diptote
/dip"toht/, n.
a substantive declined in only two cases, esp. when occurring in a language in which this is less than the normal number.
[1605-15; < LL diptotos noun with only two cases < Gk, equiv. to di- DI-1 + -ptotos, verbid of píptein to fall; cf. ptosis accidence, lit., falling]

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