deivos

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

    Pronunciation

    • (Early Old Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdei̯wos/
    • (Late Old Latin) IPA(key): /ˈde̞ːwos/

    Noun

    deivos m (Old Latin)

    1. god, deity
      • 7th–5th century BCE, Duenos inscription:
        𐌉𐌏𐌖𐌄𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌃𐌄𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌍𐌄𐌉𐌕𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌍𐌃𐌏𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌌𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌉𐌓𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌉𐌄𐌃
        𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌄𐌃𐌍𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌉𐌏𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌏𐌉𐌕𐌄𐌔𐌉𐌀𐌉𐌐𐌀𐌊𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌔
        𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌔𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌅𐌄𐌂𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌍𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌄𐌉𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌄𐌍𐌏𐌉𐌍𐌄𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌀𐌋𐌏𐌔𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌏𐌃
        [Iovesāt deivōs qoi mēd mītāt, nei tēd endō cosmis vircō siēd.
        Ast (t)ēd noisi op(p)etoit esiāi pākā rīvois.
        Duenos mēd fēced en mānōm (m)einom duenōi; nē mēd malos (s)tatōd.]
        IOVESATDEIVOSQOIMEDMITATNEITEDENDOCOSMISVIRCOSIED
        ASTEDNOISIOPETOITESIAIPAKARIVOIS
        DVENOSMEDFECEDENMANOMEINOMDVENOINEMEDMALOSTATOD
        The person who sends me prays to the gods, lest the girl be not kind towards thee.
        Without thee […] calm with [these] rivers.
        A good man made me (in good intention?) for a good man; may I not be stolen by an evil man.

    Inflection

    Accusative plural: deivōs.

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    Descendants

    • Latin: deus
    • Latin: Diānus
    • Latin: dīvus
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