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dĕus (noun M) : (
* Voc. sing. deus, Vulg. Psa. 22, 3 al.; but, dee,Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 29; Prud. Hamart. 931; cf. Prob. Inst. Art. 532, p. 340. The nom. plur. is di and dei; dii is freq. in MSS., but prob. indicates only the length of the ī. Di alone is found in Verg. and Hor.; di and dei indifferently in post-Aug. poets.—Gen.: deōrum and deum. —Poet. also, divum or divom, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 65; Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; Verg. A. 1, 46 et saep.; Hor. Od. 1, 2, 25 al.—Dat.: dis or diis, usually monosyl.; and, deis, mostly postAug.; also, DIBVS,Inscr. Orell. 1307; 1676; 3091; 3413; and DIIBVS,ib. 2118; 4608.—As monosyllable, deus, Plaut. Am. prol. 53: deorum, dissyl. id. ib. 45; but dĭī,Luc. 4, 493: dĕī,id. 4, 519: dĕīs,Val. Fl. 7, 29), m. root in Sanscr.: dī, div- (dyu-), to gleam: dyāus (Gr. ζεύς), heaven: dévas, God; cf. Gr. διος, εὐδία; but not θεός, Curt. Gr. etym. 503 sqq.. a god, a deity (for syn. cf.: divus, numen).
* Prop., Cic. N. D. 1, 22 sq.; id. Tusc. 1, 26, 65 sq.; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14: qualem te patriae custodem di genuerunt, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41 (Ann. v. 116 sq. ed Vahl.): ab Jove ceterisque dis deabusque immortalibus ... deorum immortalium numen, Cic. Rab. perd. 2, 5 et innum. al.
* Special combinations.
* Transf., of highly distinguished or fortunate persons: te in dicendo semper putavi deum,Cic. Or. 1, 23, 106; cf. id. ib. 2, 42, 179: facio te apud illum deum,Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 19: audiamus Platonem quasi quendam deum philosophorum,Cic. N. D. 2, 12; cf.: deus ille noster Plato,id. Att. 4, 16, 3: ubi nunc nobis deus ille magister, Eryx,Verg. A. 5, 392: deos quoniam propius contingis (i. e. Augustus and Maecenas),Hor. S. 2, 6, 52: deus sum, si hoc ita est,Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 3; cf.: sum deus,Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 11; esp. of great patrons or protectors, a guardian god: Lentulus consul, parens deus, salus nostrae vitae,Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 5, 11: Lentulus, cujus pater deus ac parens nominis mei,id. Sest. 69, 144.—Hence freq. in inscriptions and on coins of the period of the empire, as an epithet of the emperors: DEO AUG.,Inscr. Orell. 609 et saep.; cf. Nem. Venat. 71; Calp. Ecl. 7.
* Esp.
* In poets sometimes a goddess; cf. Gr. θεός: ducente deo (sc. Venere),Verg. A. 2, 632: audentes deus ipse juvat (sc. Fortuna),Ov. M. 10, 586; Macr. Sat. 3, 8; cf. of Aurora, Cat. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 28 fin.; of Alecto,Verg. A. 7, 498 (but in all these passages, some regard deus as absol., = τὸ θεῖον, the divinity, Heyne ad Verg. A. 2, 632).
* In eccl. Lat., esp. the God of the Hebrews and Christians, God: Deus summus,Lact. 1, 1: omnipotens,Vulg. Gen. 17, 1 et passim. Also of the Son of God, God the Son, Christ: Deus pater et Deus filius,Lact. 4, 29, 1; Vulg. Johan. 1, 1 al.
* Voc. sing. deus, Vulg. Psa. 22, 3 al.; but, dee,Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 29; Prud. Hamart. 931; cf. Prob. Inst. Art. 532, p. 340. The nom. plur. is di and dei; dii is freq. in MSS., but prob. indicates only the length of the ī. Di alone is found in Verg. and Hor.; di and dei indifferently in post-Aug. poets.—Gen.: deōrum and deum. —Poet. also, divum or divom, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 65; Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; Verg. A. 1, 46 et saep.; Hor. Od. 1, 2, 25 al.—Dat.: dis or diis, usually monosyl.; and, deis, mostly postAug.; also, DIBVS,Inscr. Orell. 1307; 1676; 3091; 3413; and DIIBVS,ib. 2118; 4608.—As monosyllable, deus, Plaut. Am. prol. 53: deorum, dissyl. id. ib. 45; but dĭī,Luc. 4, 493: dĕī,id. 4, 519: dĕīs,Val. Fl. 7, 29), m. root in Sanscr.: dī, div- (dyu-), to gleam: dyāus (Gr. ζεύς), heaven: dévas, God; cf. Gr. διος, εὐδία; but not θεός, Curt. Gr. etym. 503 sqq.. a god, a deity (for syn. cf.: divus, numen).
* Prop., Cic. N. D. 1, 22 sq.; id. Tusc. 1, 26, 65 sq.; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14: qualem te patriae custodem di genuerunt, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41 (Ann. v. 116 sq. ed Vahl.): ab Jove ceterisque dis deabusque immortalibus ... deorum immortalium numen, Cic. Rab. perd. 2, 5 et innum. al.
* Special combinations.
* Transf., of highly distinguished or fortunate persons: te in dicendo semper putavi deum,Cic. Or. 1, 23, 106; cf. id. ib. 2, 42, 179: facio te apud illum deum,Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 19: audiamus Platonem quasi quendam deum philosophorum,Cic. N. D. 2, 12; cf.: deus ille noster Plato,id. Att. 4, 16, 3: ubi nunc nobis deus ille magister, Eryx,Verg. A. 5, 392: deos quoniam propius contingis (i. e. Augustus and Maecenas),Hor. S. 2, 6, 52: deus sum, si hoc ita est,Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 3; cf.: sum deus,Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 11; esp. of great patrons or protectors, a guardian god: Lentulus consul, parens deus, salus nostrae vitae,Cic. post Red. ad Quir. 5, 11: Lentulus, cujus pater deus ac parens nominis mei,id. Sest. 69, 144.—Hence freq. in inscriptions and on coins of the period of the empire, as an epithet of the emperors: DEO AUG.,Inscr. Orell. 609 et saep.; cf. Nem. Venat. 71; Calp. Ecl. 7.
* Esp.
* In poets sometimes a goddess; cf. Gr. θεός: ducente deo (sc. Venere),Verg. A. 2, 632: audentes deus ipse juvat (sc. Fortuna),Ov. M. 10, 586; Macr. Sat. 3, 8; cf. of Aurora, Cat. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 28 fin.; of Alecto,Verg. A. 7, 498 (but in all these passages, some regard deus as absol., = τὸ θεῖον, the divinity, Heyne ad Verg. A. 2, 632).
* In eccl. Lat., esp. the God of the Hebrews and Christians, God: Deus summus,Lact. 1, 1: omnipotens,Vulg. Gen. 17, 1 et passim. Also of the Son of God, God the Son, Christ: Deus pater et Deus filius,Lact. 4, 29, 1; Vulg. Johan. 1, 1 al.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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