noun · neutersecond declension
dīvum
dīvum n sg (genitive dīvī)
Classical[ˈdiː.wũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈdiː.vum]
Meaning
- the sky, open air
sub dīvō
under the sky, in the open airNe mihi tum mollis sub divo carpere somnos neu dorso nemoris libeat iacuisse per herbas, cum positis novus [Calabris anguis] exuviis nitidusque iuventa volvitur, aut catulos tectis aut ova relinquens,
c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon III.435
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dīvum | — |
| genitive | dīvī | — |
| dative | dīvō | — |
| accusative | dīvum | — |
| ablative | dīvō | — |
| vocative | dīvum | — |
dīvum, i, n., v. divus, B.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(dīvum ī), n
1 divus, the sky . — In phrases with sub : sub divo, under the sky, in open air : sub divo carpere somnos, V.: mori, H.: Sub divum rapere, expose, lay bare , H.
Origins
Nominalization of the neuter singular forms of dīvus (“divine”), compare sub Iove ― under the sky, the heavens (literally, “under Jupiter, god of the sky”).