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) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.u̯us/, [ˈd̪iːu̯ʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.vus/, [ˈd̪iːvus]

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.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
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

dīvīnātiō
dīvīnātor
dīvīnātrīx
dīvīnē
dīvīnitās
dīvīnitus
dīvīna
dīvīnō
dīvīnum
dīvīnus
dīva
dīvum

Related terms

deitās
deus
Deus
dīs
dītius
dīvēs

Noun

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

god, deity
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

accusative plural masculine form of divi