dies Iovis

Latin

Days of the week

Previous:	diēs Mercuriī
Next:	diēs Veneris

Alternative forms

• diēs Jovis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdi.eːs ˈjɔ.wɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪iː.es ˈjɔː.vis]

Noun

diēs Iovis f (genitive diēī Iovis); fifth declension

1. Thursday

Declension

Fifth-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.

	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 Sōlis, diēs Dominicus
• diēs Lūnae, fēria secunda
• diēs Mārtis, fēria tertia
• diēs Mercuriī, fēria quārta
• fēria quīnta
• diēs Veneris, fēria sexta
• diēs Sāturnī, diēs Sabbatī, sabbatum

Descendants

• Aragonese: chueus
• Aromanian: gioi
• Asturian: xueves
• Breton: diriaou
• 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
• Venetan: zioba, xòbia, zoba
• Walloon: djudi, diyou
• → Cornish: de Yow, dy'Yow (calque)
• → Welsh: dydd Iau (calque)