deus

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Contents 1 Catalan 1.1 Noun 2 Galician 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Related terms 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Inflection 3.3.2 Derived terms 3.3.3 Related terms 3.3.4 Descendants 4 Portuguese 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Related terms

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

deus m. pl.

1. Plural of deu.

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Noun

deus m. (plural deuses)

1. god, deity

[edit] Related terms

• deus

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“‘god/that which belongs to heaven’”), vrddhi derivation from *dyew- (“‘sky, heaven’”), whence also Latin diēs, and the first part of Iu-ppiter. Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit देव (devá) and Old Prussian deywis.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɛ.ʊs/

[edit] Noun

deus (genitive deī); m, second declension (nom. plural deī or dī)

1. god, deity
   • Catiline Orations by Cicero (Latin text and English translations may be found here, a parsed version is here)

     O di immortales, ubinam gentium sumus? Quam rem publicam habemus? In qua urbe vivimus?.

     O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? In what city are we living? What is the government we have?

2. an imperial epithet (for deified emperors)
3. vocative singular of deus

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	deus	deī, dī, diī
genitive	deī	deōrum, deum
dative	deō	dīs, deīs, diīs
accusative	deum	deōs
ablative	deō	dīs, deīs, diīs
vocative	deus	deī, dī, diī

[edit] Derived terms

• deitās
• deus ex machina

[edit] Related terms

• deiferus
• deificare
• deificus

[edit] Descendants

• Spanish: dios

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Noun

deus m.

1. god

[edit] Related terms

• deusa