diu
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈdiw/
- Rhymes: -iw
Verb
diu
- third-person singular present indicative form of dir
- (Alghero) second-person singular imperative form of diure
Usage notes
The Algherese imperative form diu alternates with the form digue, the latter seeing use when the pronouns -li or -lis or the pronoun cluster -lis-hi attach to the end of the verb.
References
- El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 47
Corsican
Alternative forms
- dio
Etymology
From Latin deus, from Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. Cognates include Italian dio and French dieu.
Noun
diu m (plural dii)
- god, deity
Usage notes
- When referring to the Judeo-Christian God, the lemma Diu is used.
References
- http://infcor.adecec.net/
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin deus.
Noun
diu m (plural dius)
- god, deity
Related terms
- Diu
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyéw(i) (“during the day”), locative case of *dyḗws, with d possibly imported from diēs. Cognate with Old Armenian տիւ (tiw), Sanskrit दिवा (divā, “by day”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.uː/, [ˈd̪iuː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.u/, [ˈd̪iːu]
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Adverb
diū (comparative diūtius, superlative diūtissimē)
- long, a long while, a while, for long, for a long time
- Antonyms: longinquō, paulisper
- 63 B.C.E., Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)
- Quam diu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vives, et vives ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis. Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.
- As long as one person exists who can dare to defend you, you shall live; but you shall live as you do now, surrounded by my many and trusty guards, so that you shall not be able to stir one finger against the republic: many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.
- Quam diu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vives, et vives ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis. Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.
- continually, all day
- long enough
Derived terms
- aliquamdiū
- diurnus
- diū̆tinus
- diutule
- diuturnus
- dūdum
- interdiū
- perdiū
- quamdiū
- subdiū
- tamdiū
Related terms
- diēs
Descendants
- Romansch: ditg
References
- “diu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “diu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- diu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the issue of the day was for a long time uncertain: diu anceps stetit pugna
- the issue of the day was for a long time uncertain: diu anceps stetit pugna
- diu in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Mandarin
Romanization
diu
- Nonstandard spelling of diū.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Manx
Pronoun
diu
- second-person plural/formal of da
- to you
- Corp as slaynt yn imbaghdiu. ― Compliments of the season to you.
- Inshym skeealdiu nish. ― I'm going to tell you a story now.
- to you
Derived terms
- diuish (emphatic)
Picard
Etymology
From Latin deus.
Noun
diu m (plural dius)
- a god
Related terms
- Diu
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- deu
Etymology
From Latin deus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.u̞/, [ˈd̪iːʊ̠]
- Hyphenation: dì‧u
Noun
diu m (plural dii or dei)
- god, deity
Related terms
- Diu
- Deu