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Latin
Alternative forms
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
- of or belonging to a deity; divine
- godlike, godly
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
dīvus m (genitive dīvī, feminine dīva); second declension
- god, deity
- fairy
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
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
- accusative plural masculine of divi