divus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • D. (in titular formulae)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

dīvus (feminine dīva, neuter dīvum, comparative dīvior, superlative dīvissimus or dīssimus); first/second-declension adjective

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dīvus dīva dīvum dīvī dīvae dīva
Genitive dīvī dīvae dīvī dīvōrum dīvārum dīvōrum
Dative dīvō dīvō dīvīs
Accusative dīvum dīvam dīvum dīvōs dīvās dīva
Ablative dīvō dīvā dīvō dīvīs
Vocative dīve dīva dīvum dīvī dīvae dīva

Derived terms

Noun

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

  1. god, deity
  2. fairy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dīvus dīvī
Genitive dīvī dīvōrum
Dative dīvō dīvīs
Accusative dīvum dīvōs
Ablative dīvō dīvīs
Vocative dīve dīvī

Descendants
  • → French: dive
  • → Italian: divo
  • → 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
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