LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

dīvidus

dīvidus (feminine dīvida, neuter dīvidum)
Classical[ˈdiː.wɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈdiː.vi.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveraredivided, separated
    nōsque ut sevorsum dīvidōs lētō offerēsc. 140 BCE – 104 BCE, Accius, Tragoediae Andromeda.14

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedīvidusdīvidadīvidum
genitivedīvidīdīvidaedīvidī
dativedīvidōdīvidaedīvidō
accusativedīvidumdīvidamdīvidum
ablativedīvidōdīvidādīvidō
vocativedīvidedīvidadīvidum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedīvidīdīvidaedīvida
genitivedīvidōrumdīvidārumdīvidōrum
dativedīvidīsdīvidīsdīvidīs
accusativedīvidōsdīvidāsdīvida
ablativedīvidīsdīvidīsdīvidīs
vocativedīvidīdīvidaedīvida

dīvĭdus, a, um, adj. divido,
I. separated: nosque ut sevorsum dividos leto offeres, Att. ap. Non. 95, 25 (Trag. v. 118 Rib.: separatos, Non.).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Latindīvidus

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Italic *wiðō Latin *vidō Latin dīvidō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin dīvidus From dīvidō (“to divide, separate”) + -us (adjective-forming suffix).

Quick answers

What does dīvidus mean in Latin?
dīvidus, a adjective, means “divided, separated”.
How do you pronounce dīvidus?
In classical Latin, [ˈdiː.wɪ.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdiː.vi.dus].
Where does dīvidus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Latin dīvidus.