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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.u̯us/, [ˈd̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.vus/, [ˈd̪iːvus]

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

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

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 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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in the open air: sub divo
    

Latvian

Numeral

divus

1. accusative plural masculine of divi