dies Veneris

Latin

Days of the week

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Etymology

From diēs (“day”) and Veneris, genitive of Venus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.eːs ˈu̯e.ne.ris/, [ˈd̪ieːs̠ ˈu̯ɛnɛrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.es ˈve.ne.ris/, [ˈd̪iːes ˈvɛːneris]

Noun

diēs Veneris f (genitive diēī Veneris); fifth declension

1. Friday

Declension

Fifth-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.

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

Coordinate terms

• diēs hebdomadis
• diēs Dominicus, diēs Sōlis
• diēs Lūnae
• diēs Mārtis
• diēs Mercuriī
• diēs Iovis
• diēs Sabbatī, diēs Sāturnī

Descendants

• diēs Veneris
  • Franco-Provençal: devendro
  • Walloon: divénr
  • Old Occitan:
    • Catalan: divendres
    • Occitan: divendres

• Veneris diēs
  • Eastern Romance
    • Aromanian: Vinjiri, vinjiri, viniri, Vinãr, vinãr
    • Romanian: vineri
  • Franco-Provençal: vendredi
  • Gallo-Italic
    • Ligurian: venerdì
    • Lombard: venerdé
    • Piedmontese: vëner, vënner
  • Italo-Dalmatian
    • Dalmatian: vindre
    • Italian: venerdì
    • Neapolitan: viernarì

      Tarantino: venerdìe

    • Sicilian: vènniri, venniridìa
  • Old French: vendredi
    • French: vendredi
      • Esperanto: vendredo
      • Haitian Creole: vandredi
      • Louisiana Creole: vendredi, vendrédi
      • Mauritian Creole: vandredi
      • Seychellois Creole: vandredi
    • Norman:

      Continental: vendrédi

      Guernsey: venderdi

      Jersey: Véndrédi

      Sark: vãdrëdi

    • Walloon: vénrdi
  • Rhaeto-Romance
    • Friulian: vinars
    • Ladin: vender
    • Romansch: venderdi, venderdis, vendergis, vendarde
  • Venetian: vènere, vénare
  • West Iberian
    • Aragonese: viernes
    • Asturian: vienres
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: vernes
      • Galician: venres
    • Old Spanish:
      • Ladino: viernes
      • Spanish: viernes (see there for further descendants)
• → Breton: digwener (partial calque)
• → Cornish: de Gwener (partial calque)
• →? Albanian: e premte (calque)
• → Proto-West Germanic: *Frījā dag (calque) (see there for further descendants)
• → Welsh: dydd Gwener (calque)