dies Iovis

Latin

Days of the week

Previous:	diēs Mercuriī
Next:	diēs Veneris

Alternative forms

• diēs Iouis, diēs Jovis

Etymology

From diēs (“day”) and Iovis, genitive of Iuppiter (“Jupiter”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.eːs ˈi̯o.u̯is/, [ˈd̪ieːs̠ ˈi̯ou̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.es ˈjo.vis/, [ˈd̪iːes ˈjɔːvis]

Noun

diēs Iovis f (genitive diēī Iovis); fifth declension

1. Thursday

Declension

Fifth-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diēs Iovis	diēs Iovis
Genitive	diēī Iovis	diērum Iovis
Dative	diēī Iovis	diēbus Iovis
Accusative	diem Iovis	diēs Iovis
Ablative	diē Iovis	diēbus Iovis
Vocative	diēs Iovis	diēs Iovis

Coordinate terms

• diēs hebdomadis
• diēs Dominicus, diēs Sōlis
• diēs Lūnae
• diēs Mārtis
• diēs Mercuriī
• diēs Veneris
• diēs Sabbatī, diēs Saturnī

Descendants

• Aragonese: chueves
• Aromanian: gioi
• Asturian: xueves
• Catalan: dijous
• Corsican: ghjovi
• Dalmatian: zue
• Esperanto: ĵaŭdo
• Franco-Provençal: dejô, dijofs, dijoves, jodi
• French: jeudi
• Friulian: joibe
• Ido: jovdio
• Italian: giovedì
• Ladin: jebia
• Ladino: djueves
• Lombard: giöedé
• Norman: jéeudi (continental Normandy), jeudi (Guernsey), Jeudi (Jersey), djödi (Sark)
• Occitan: dijòus, jòus
• Old Galician-Portuguese: joves
  • Galician: xoves
• Romanian: joi
• Romansch: gievgia, gövgia
• Sardinian: gióbia, gióvia, giòvia, giòia
• Sicilian: jovi, jòvidi, juviddìa, giuviddì (of Italian influence)
• Spanish: jueves
• Tagalog: Huwebes
• Tarantino: sciuvedìe
• Venetian: zioba, xòbia, zoba
• Walloon: djudi, diyou
• Welsh: dydd Iau