deus

See also déus, and Deus

Catalan

Noun

deus m. pl.

1. Plural form of deu.

Verb

deus

1. Second-person singular present indicative form of deure.

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Galician

Noun

deus m. (plural deuses)

1. god, deity

Related terms

• deus

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Latin

Wikipedia

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, Greek Ζεύς (pronounced zdeús), Aeolic Greek Δεύς (pronounced deús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈde.us/

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Noun

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

1. god, deity
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations 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?

   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 1:2

     […] et asportavit ea in terram Sennaar in domum dei sui et vasa intulit in domum thesauri dei sui

     " […] which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god."

   In principio erat Verbum et Verbum erat apud Deum et Deus erat Verbum.

   In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and God was the Word.

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

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, dive	deī, dī, diī

Derived terms

• deitās
• deus ex machina

Related terms

• deiferus
• deificare
• deificus

Descendants

Catalan: déu English: deity French: dieu Galician: deus

Italian: dio Portuguese: deus Romanian: zeu, zău Spanish: dios

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Old French

Alternative forms

• deuz

Cardinal number

deus

1. two

Descendants

• English: deuce
• French: deux

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Portuguese

Noun

deus m. (plural deuss)

1. god

Related terms

• deusa

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Walloon

Cardinal number

deus

1. two