LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum

noun · masculine

dia¹

*dia m or f

Meaning

Proto Italo Western Romancefemininemasculinereconstructionday

Declension

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	/ˈdia/	/ˈdias/

Origins

From di- + -a, thus reassigned to the first declension.

Gallo-Romance

Catalandia
Occitandiafrom Old Occitan dia

Ibero-Romance

Portuguesediafrom Old Galician-Portuguese dia
Spanishdíafrom Old Spanish dia
Aragonesedia
Asturiandía
Mirandesedie
Mozarabicدیه
Faladíafrom Old Galician-Portuguese dia
Galiciandíafrom Old Galician-Portuguese dia
Ladinodiyafrom Old Spanish dia
Papiamentudiafrom Old Spanish dia

Italo-Romance

Old Italiandia
Siciliandia

Gallo-Italic

Old Liguriandia

proper noun · femininefirst declension

Dīa²

Dīa f sg (genitive Dīae)

Classical[ˈdiː.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈdiː.a]

Meaning

A small island off the coast of Crete
a city in Chersonesus

Declension

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	Dīa	—
genitive	Dīae	—
dative	Dīae	—
accusative	Dīam	—
ablative	Dīā	—
vocative	Dīa	—

Dīa, ae, f., Δῖα.

I. The old name of the island of Naxos, Ov. M. 3, 690; 8, 174. —

II. A city in the Chersonesus Taurica, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 86.—

III. An island near Crete, now Standia, id. 4, 12, 20, § 61.—

B. A woman's name.

I. The mother of Mercury, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56.—

II. The wife of Ixion, and mother of Pirithous, Hyg. F. 155.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῖα (Dîa).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyDiaDia (Δία), a daughter of Deioneus and the wife of Ixion. (Schol. ad Pind. Pyth 2.39.) Her father is also called Eioneus. (Diod. 4.69; Schol. ad Apollo…GeographyDiaDia (Δῖα: Eth. Διεύς), a town of Bithynia on the Pontus. (Steph. B. sub voce Δῖα.) Marcian (Peripl. p. 70) places it 60 stadia east of the mouth of th…GeographyDiaDia (Δία), a small island which lies 40 stadia (Stadiasm.) from the Heracleium of Cnossus in Crete (Strab. x. p.484; Plin. Nat. 4.20); the modern Stan…

Quick answers

What does dia mean in Latin?: dia, a noun, means “day”.