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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

dīvus1

dīvus (feminine dīva, neuter dīvum, comparative magis dīvus, superlative maximē dīvus or dīvissimus or dīvissumus, adverb dīvē)
Classical[ˈdiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈdiː.vus]
№ 962 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectiveof or belonging to a deity; divine
  2. adjectivegodlike, godly

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

deus; ``dīvus'' etiam imperātor mortuus quī deus factus est.
dīvus -ī m — in Mille Verba, Deī et Sacra

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Numen · Deus · Divus · Semo · Heros

Numen (πνεῦμα) in a wider sense is any divine being, like δαίμων; in a narrower sense it is used as a species of Deus, or ancient Divus, θεός; and for semideus, a half-god; or semo, a half-man; for which last, besides the foreign word heros, numen also is used. Plin. Pan. 2, 3. Nusquam ut deo, nusquam ut numini blandimur. (vi. 239.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedīvusdīva
dīa		dīvum
dīum
genitivedīvī
dīī		dīvae
dīae		dīvī
dīī
dativedīvō
dīō		dīvae
dīae		dīvō
dīō
accusativedīvum
dīum		dīvam
dīam		dīvum
dīum
ablativedīvō
dīō		dīvā
dīā		dīvō
dīō
vocativedīve
dīe		dīva
dīa		dīvum
dīum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedīvī
dīī		dīvae
dīae		dīva
dīa
genitivedīvōrum
dīōrum		dīvārum
dīārum		dīvōrum
dīōrum
dativedīvīs
dīīs		dīvīs
dīīs		dīvīs
dīīs
accusativedīvōs
dīōs		dīvās
dīās		dīva
dīa
ablativedīvīs
dīīs		dīvīs
dīīs		dīvīs
dīīs
vocativedīvī
dīī		dīvae
dīae		dīva
dīa

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

sub divo
in the open air.

dīvus, a, um, also dīus, a, um, (without the digamma) adj. δῖος,
I. of or belonging to a deity, divine.
I. Prop. (mostly archaic and poet.). As an adj. very rarely: res divas edicit, Naev. ap. Non. 197, 15; so, diva caro, Prud. Psych. 76: DIUM fulgur appellabant diurnum, quod putabant Jovis, ut nocturnum Summani, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75, 14 Müll.—Far more freq.,
B. Subst.: dīvus (dīus), i, m., and dīva (dia), ae, f., a god, a goddess, a deity.
(a). Form dīvus: si divus, si diva, esset, etc., a precatory formula in Liv. 7, 26; cf. ib. 29, 27; 8, 9: is divus (sc. Apollo) exstinguet perduelles vestros, Carm. Marcii, ib. 25, 12; cf.: dive, quem proles Niobea, etc., Hor. C. 4, 6, 1: mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum? Verg. A. 12, 797: utinam me divi adaxint ad suspendium, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 11: divi, Lucr. 6, 387; Verg. A. 3, 363; 12, 28; Hor. C. 4, 2, 38 al.: divos, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 133; Cic. Leg. 2, 8; Verg. E. 1, 42; id. A. 3, 222; Hor. C. 2, 8, 11; id. S. 2, 3, 176 et saep.: divumque hominumque pater, rex, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll.; Verg. A. 1, 65; 2, 648; 10, 2 et saep.: divom atque hominum clamat fidem, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 20; cf.: pro divum fidem, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; more rarely, divorum, Verg. A. 7, 211: (munera) digna diva venustissima Venere, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 4: Turni sic est affata sororem Diva deam, i. e. Juno, Verg. A. 12, 139; cf. id. ib. 1, 447; 482: Diva Bona for Bona Dea, Ov. F. 5, 148: divos scelerare parentes, the family gods = θεοί πατρῶοι, Cat. 64, 404.—
(b). Form dīus: Dii Indigetes Diique Manes, a precatory formula in Liv. 8, 9: Dia Dearum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 22, ed. Vahl.); cf.: DEA DIA, i. e. Ceres, Inscr. Orell. 961 and 1499: Venus pulcherrima dium, Enn. ap. Prob. ap. Verg. E. 6, 31.—
II. Transf.
A. Godlike, divine, an epithet applied to any thing deified or of extraordinary excellence or distinction: urbi Romae divae, Liv. 43, 6; cf. sarcastically: est ergo flamen, ut Jovi, etc., sic divo Julio M. Antonius, Cic. Phil. 2, 43: Romule die, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41, 64 (Ann. v. 115, ed. Vahl.): Ilia dia nepos, id. ap. Fest. p. 286, 16 Müll. (Ann. v. 56, ed. Vahl.): dia Camilla, Verg. A. 11, 657: dias in luminis oras, Lucr. 1, 22; so, Voluptas, id. 2, 172: otia, id. 5, 1389: profundum (cf. ἅλς δῖα), Ov. M. 4, 537: sententia Catonis, Hor. S. 1, 2, 32: poëmata, Pers. 1, 31 et saep.—After the Aug. period divus became a frequent epithet for the deceased Roman emperors in the historians, and on coins and inscriptions, Suet. Dom. 23; Liv. Epit. 137.—
B. dīvum, i, n., the sky, Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll.—Esp. freq., sub divo, like sub Jove, under the open sky, in the open air, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19 Zumpt N. cr.; Varr. L. L. l. l.; Cels. 1, 2; Suet. Caes. 72; Verg. G. 3, 435; Hor. C. 2, 3, 23 et saep.: sub divum rapiam, id. ib. 1, 18, 13.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dyew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*deywós
  3. Proto-Italic*deiwos
  4. Old Latindeivos
  5. Latindīvus

From Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, the same source as deus. See there for more information.

noun · masculinesecond declension
dīvus2
dīvus m (genitive dīvī, feminine dīva)
Classical[ˈdiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈdiː.vus]
№ 962 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. god, deity
  2. fairy

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedīvusdīvī
genitivedīvīdīvōrum
dīvum, dīvom
dativedīvōdīvīs
accusativedīvumdīvōs
ablativedīvōdīvīs
vocativedīvedīvī

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

dīvus ī (gen plur. dīvōm or dīvūm; rarely dīvōrum), m
1 divus, a god, deity, divine being : is divus (i. e. Apollo), L.: Dive, quem, etc., H.: Mortalin' decuit violari volnere divum? V.: boni divi, H.: praesentīs cognoscere divos, V.: divōm pater atque hominum rex, V.: pro divōm fidem, T.: praesens, a god among men , H.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dyew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*deywós
  3. Proto-Italic*deiwos
  4. Old Latindeivos
  5. Latindīvus

From Old Latin deivos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, the same source as deus. See there for more information.

Descendants
  • Frenchdive
  • Italiandivo
  • Portuguesedivo
  • Romaniandiv

Quick answers

What does dīvus mean in Latin?
dīvus, a adjective, means “of or belonging to a deity; divine; godlike, godly”.
How do you pronounce dīvus?
In classical Latin, [ˈdiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdiː.vus].
Where does dīvus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dyew- → Proto-Indo-European *deywós → Proto-Italic *deiwos → Old Latin deivos → Latin dīvus.