diu

See also: DIU, Diu, díu, diù, diū, and di'u

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdiw]
• Rhymes: -iw

Verb

diu

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

diu m (plural dius)

1. god, deity

Related terms

• Diu

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dyéw(i) (“during the day”), locative case of *dyḗws, with d possibly imported from diēs. Cognate with Old Armenian տիւ (tiw), Sanskrit दिवा (divā, “by day”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.uː/, [ˈd̪iuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.u/, [ˈd̪iːu]

• Audio (Classical):

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Adverb

diū (comparative diūtius, superlative diūtissimē)

1. continually, all day
2. long, long while, for a long time
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations‎^[1]:

     Quam diu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vives, et vives ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis. Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.

     As long as one person exists who can dare to defend you, you shall live; but you shall live as you do now, surrounded by my many and trusty guards, so that you shall not be able to stir one finger against the republic: many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.

3. long enough

Derived terms

• aliquamdiū
• diurnus
• diūtinus
• diutule
• diūturnus
• dūdum

• interdiū
• perdiū
• quamdiū
• subdiū
• tamdiū

Related terms

• diēs

References

• “diu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the issue of the day was for a long time uncertain: diu anceps stetit pugna
    
• diu in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

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Mandarin

Romanization

diu

1. Nonstandard spelling of diū.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Manx

Pronoun

diu

1. second-person plural/formal of da

   to you

   • Corp as slaynt yn imbagh diu. ― Compliments of the season to you.
   • Inshym skeeal diu nish. ― I'm going to tell you a story now.

Derived terms

• diuish (emphatic)

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Picard

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

diu m (plural dius)

1. a god

Related terms

• Diu

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• deu

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.u̞/, [ˈd̪iːʊ̠]
• Hyphenation: dì‧u

Noun

diu m (plural dii or dei)

1. god, deity

Related terms

• Diu
• Deu