dius

See also: Dius

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdiws]

Verb

dius

1. second-person singular present indicative of dir

Gothic

Romanization

dius

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *diwyós. Cognates include Sanskrit दिव्य (divya) and Ancient Greek δῖος (dîos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.us/, [ˈd̪iːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.us/, [ˈd̪iːus]

Adjective

dīus (feminine dīa, neuter dīum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Alternative form of dīvus (“divine, godly”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
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

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.uːs/, [ˈd̪iuːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.us/, [ˈd̪iːus]

Adverb

diūs (comparative diūtius, superlative diūtissimē)

1. Alternative form of diū (“by day”)

References

• 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
• “dius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray