dios
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dius, dii:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Religion
god;
acc. pl.nom. sg. - Entry →dius, dia, dium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
divine; w/supernatural radiance; divinely inspired; blessed, saint (Latham);; daylit; charged with brightness of day/daylight;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
- A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...okeieis elaphoisin; tei de th'hama nymphai, kourai Dios aigiochoio, agronomoi paizousi; gegethe de te phrena Leto; pasaon..." - A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...Infert deinde verba haec his, quae dixi, congruentia: Dio kai hypo ton Pythagoreion eiretai: gnosei d'anthropous authaireta..." - A
Liber IV
Aulus Gellius
"...kyamon edokimasen; leiantikon te gar einai kai diachoretikon; dio kai malista kechretai autoi. Porculis quoque minusculis et haedis..." - T
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...praesidiis reuocat omnisque aditus aperit bello. ipse ab Dio auratis statuis omnibus raptis, ne praeda hosti essent, incolas..." - T
Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nuntiarent regi, uenturos. Et tum quidem ab Dio Perseus in interiora regni recepit se, leui aura spei obiecta..." - G
Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...nunc illuc abire aut referri videbantur. Sub dio rursus quamquam levium exesorumque pumicum casus metuebatur, quod tamen periculorum..."