dius
See also: Dius
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dius
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
dius
- Romanization of 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *diwyós. Cognates include Sanskrit दिव्य (divya) and Ancient Greek δῖος (dîos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.us/, [ˈd̪iːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.us/, [ˈd̪iːus]
Adjective edit
dīus (feminine dīa, neuter dīum); first/second-declension adjective
- Alternative form of dīvus (“divine, godly”)
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | dīus | dīa | dīum | dīī | dīae | dīa | |
Genitive | dīī | dīae | dīī | dīōrum | dīārum | dīōrum | |
Dative | dīō | dīō | dīīs | ||||
Accusative | dīum | dīam | dīum | dīōs | dīās | dīa | |
Ablative | dīō | dīā | dīō | dīīs | |||
Vocative | dīe | dīa | dīum | dīī | dīae | dīa |
Etymology 2 edit
Old Latin [Term?] from Proto-Italic *djous (“day”) from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“daytime sky”); compare diēs. Cognate with Old Armenian տիւ (tiw), Sanskrit दिवा (divā, “by day”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.uːs/, [ˈd̪iuːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.us/, [ˈd̪iːus]
Adverb edit
diūs (comparative diūtius, superlative diūtissimē)
- Alternative form of diū (“by day”)
References edit
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
- “dius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “dius”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “dius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray