divus

Latin

Alternative forms

• dīus
• D. (in titular formulae)

Etymology

From Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, the same source as deus. See there for more information.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.wʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.vus]

Adjective

dīvus (feminine dīva, neuter dīvum, comparative magis dīvus, superlative maximē dīvus or dīvissimus or dīvissumus, adverb dīvē); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or belonging to a deity; divine
2. godlike, godly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dīvus	dīva	dīvum		dīvī	dīvae	dīva
genitive	dīvī	dīvae	dīvī		dīvōrum	dīvārum	dīvōrum
dative	dīvō	dīvae	dīvō		dīvīs
accusative	dīvum	dīvam	dīvum		dīvōs	dīvās	dīva
ablative	dīvō	dīvā	dīvō		dīvīs
vocative	dīve	dīva	dīvum		dīvī	dīvae	dīva

Derived terms

• dīva f
• dīvīna
• dīvīnātiō f
• dīvīnātor m
• dīvīnātrīx f
• dīvīnē
• dīvīnitās f
• dīvīnitus
• dīvīnō
• dīvīnum
• dīvīnus
• dīvum n

Related terms

• deitās f
• deus m
• Deus m
• dīs
• dītius
• dīvēs

Noun

dīvus m (genitive dīvī, feminine dīva); second declension

1. god, deity
2. fairy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dīvus	dīvī
genitive	dīvī	dīvōrum dīvum dīvom
dative	dīvō	dīvīs
accusative	dīvum	dīvōs
ablative	dīvō	dīvīs
vocative	dīve	dīvī

Descendants

• → French: dive
• → Italian: divo m
• → Romanian: div

References

• “divus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “divus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "divus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “divus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in the open air: sub divo
    

Latvian

Numeral

divus

1. accusative plural masculine of divi