deus

See also: déus and Deus

Catalan

Noun

deus

1. plural form of deu

Verb

deus

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

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

deus m (plural deuses)

1. god, deity

Related terms

• deus

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Latin

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Etymology

From earlier *dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deiuos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. An o-stem derivative from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”), from which also diēs and Iuppiter. Cognate with Welsh duw, Lithuanian dievas, Persian دیو (div, “demon”).

The late Old Latin form *dẹ̄vos regularly lost its -v- before a rounded vowel, but it was retained before other vowels, giving rise to case forms both with and without -v-. The presence of -v- in turn prevented the intermediate vowel -ẹ̄- from being raised to -ī-, which led to an alternation between *dē- before back-vowel endings and *dīv- before front-vowel endings. The former gave rise to the nominative deus, while the latter became a separate word, dīvus. Finally, -v- was lost between identical vowels, giving the diī(s) forms, or contracted dī(s). Only the vocative retained the -v-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdeus/

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Noun

deus m (genitive deī); 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

Second declension, several irregular plural forms.

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

Derived terms

• deitās
• deus ex machina

Related terms

• deiferus
• deifico
• deificus
• Deus

Coordinate terms

• dea (goddess)

Descendants

• Catalan: déu
• English: deity
• French: dieu
• Friulian: diu
• Galician: deus
• Istriot: deo
• Italian: dio

• Occitan: dieu
• Portuguese: deus
• Romanian: zeu, zău
• Romansch: dieu
• Sardinian: déu
• Spanish: dios

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Old French

Alternative forms

• deuz

Numeral

deus

1. two

Descendants

• English: deuce
• French: deux

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Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Deus
• deꝯ (abbreviation)
• dṡ (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Latin deus (“god”). See deus for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ews̺/

Proper noun

deus

1. (Christianity) God
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 3 (facsimile):

     Por ela nos perdõou / deus o pecado Dadam. / da maçãa que goſtou. per / que ſoffreu muit affan.

     By her, God forgave us of Adam’s sin. Of the apple he tasted, because she felt very anguished.

Descendants

• Galician: deus, Deus
• Portuguese: deus, Deus

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• deos (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese deus (“God”), from Latin deus, from Old Latin deiuos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdews/, /ˈdewʃ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdewʃ/
• Homophone: Deus

Noun

deus m (plural deuses, feminine deusa, feminine plural deusas)

1. god; deity

Synonyms

• divindade

Derived terms

• Deus
• deus-dará
• deus grego

Related terms

• deus ex machina
• diva
• divinal
• divinar

• divindade
• divinizar
• divino

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Walloon

Etymology

From Old French deus (compare French deux), from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo.

Numeral

deus

1. two