Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 534.deus on page 534
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deus god
deus is a Latin Noun that primarily means god.
Definitions for deus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
god
English derivatives:
adieu deify deity
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A god. (b) (in collective titles). (c) (in var. exclamations and other coll. expressions).
- 2
(a) (applied hyperb. to human beings, in respect of their achievements, happiness, etc.). (b) (applied to deified members of the imperial family).
- 3
The statue or image of a god.
Sentences with deus
Latin to English
Deus hominibus lībertātem dederat (dedit; dat; dabit).Compare God had given (gave; gives; will give) liberty to men.
Ille vidētur pār esse deō.Compare That man seems to be equal to a god.
Sunt quos curriculo pulverem Olympicum collegisse iuvat metaque fervidis evitata rotis palmaque nobilis terrarum dominos evehit ad deos.(Horace, Odes 1.1.3-6) Compare Some people take pleasure in gathering Olympic dust on the racetrack. When they narrowly avoid the turning posts with their hot wheels, the noble palm of victory exalts them as masters of the earth to the level of the gods.
Incipe, parve puer: qui non risere parenti, nec deus hunc mensa, dea nec dignata cubuli est.Compare Begin, dear babe. The boy who does not smile at his mother, will never deserve to sup with a god or sleep with a goddess.
Heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos te deus? ut semper gaudes illudere rebus humanis!Compare Ah Fortune, what divine power is more cruel towards us than thou! How thou delightest ever to make sport of human affair?
Domine deus, pacem da nobis - omnia enim praestitisti nobis - pacem quietis, pacem sabbati, pacem sine vespera. Omnis quippe iste ordo pulcherrimus rerum valde bonarum modis suis peractis transiturus est: et mane quippe in eis factum est et vespera.Compare O Lord God, give us peace, for you have given all things to us, the peace of rest, the peace of the Sabbath, the peace without an evening. The entire most beautiful order of things that are very good, when their measures have been accomplished, is to pass away. For truly in them a morning has been made, and an evening also
Non enim deus vena et nervus et os contineo.Compare For the gods do not consist of veins and nevers and bones.
De hic deus idem fere, qui reliquus gens, habeo opinio.Compare Concerning these gods they have almost the same opinion as other nations.
Declension table for deus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | deus | deī / dī / diī |
| Gen. | deī | deōrum / deum |
| Dat. | deō | deīs / dīs / diīs |
| Acc. | deum | deōs |
| Voc. | deus / dee | deī / dī / diī |
| Abl. | deō | deīs / dīs / diīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 39.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 534.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "deus, deī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/deus-dei.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 39.deus, deī on page 39
