dius

See also: Dius

Achang

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /diu˧˩/

Noun

dius

  1. person, human
    Synonym: soeu

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎[1], Payap University, page 26

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

dius

  1. second-person singular present indicative of dir

Gothic

Romanization

dius

  1. romanization of 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃

Latin

Etymology 1

Disputed. Beekes connects the term with Ancient Greek δῖος (dîos) and Sanskrit दि॒व्य (divyá),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *diwyós.[2] It may preserve the old nominative singular of Proto-Italic *djous, the oblique forms of which are the source of diēs (“day”).[3] De Vaan, however, suggests that it is an innovative formation created from dīs.[4] Alternatively, Weiss directly connects the term with Oscan 𐌃𐌉𐌝𐌅𐌉𐌉𐌀𐌝 (diíviiaí), from Proto-Italic *dīwijos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *diyewiyos, from *dyew-.[5]

Pronunciation

Adjective

dīus (feminine dīa, neuter dīum, comparative magis dīus, superlative maximē dīus or dīissimus, adverb dīē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. alternative form of dīvus (“divine, godly”)
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative dīus dīa dīum dīī dīae dīa
genitive dīī dīae dīī dīōrum dīārum dīōrum
dative dīō dīae dīō dīīs
accusative dīum dīam dīum dīōs dīās dīa
ablative dīō dīā dīō dīīs
vocative dīe dīa dīum dīī dīae dīa

Etymology 2

According to De Vaan, perhaps from inherited from Proto-Italic *-diwo-, from the genitive singular of Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“daytime sky”);[2] compare diēs. Cognate with Sanskrit दिवा॑ (dívā, “by day”) and Old Armenian տիւ (tiw).

Pronunciation

Adverb

diūs (comparative diūtius, superlative diūtissimē)

  1. alternative form of diū (“by day”)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δῖος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “diū, diu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 172-173
  3. ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009), Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 248
  4. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “deus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 167-168
  5. ^ Weiss, Michael (2012), “Italo-Celtica: Linguistic and Cultural Points of Contact between Italic and Celtic”, in Jamison, Stephanie W., Melchert, H. Craig, Vine, Brent, editors, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Bremen: Hempen, page 153

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdjus/ [ˈd̪jus]
  • Rhymes: -us
  • Syllabification: dius

Noun

dius

  1. plural of diu
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