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|lshtext=<b>dĕus</b>: i (<br /><b>I</b> voc. [[sing]]. [[deus]], Vulg. Psa. 22, 3 al.; [[but]], dee, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 29; Prud. Hamart. 931; cf. Prob. Inst. Art. 532, p. 340. The nom. plur. is di and dei; dii is freq. in MSS., [[but]] prob. indicates [[only]] the [[length]] of the ī. Di [[alone]] is [[found]] in Verg. and Hor.; di and dei [[indifferently]] in [[post]]-Aug. poets.—Gen.: deōrum and deum. —Poet. also, [[divum]] or divom, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 65; Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 28; Verg. A. 1, 46 et saep.; Hor. Od. 1, 2, 25 al.—Dat.: dis or diis, [[usually]] monosyl.; and, deis, [[mostly]] postAug.; also, DIBVS, Inscr. Orell. 1307; 1676; 3091; 3413; and DIIBVS, ib. 2118; 4608.—As monosyllable, [[deus]], Plaut. Am. prol. 53: deorum, dissyl. id. ib. 45; [[but]] dĭī, Luc. 4, 493: dĕī, id. 4, 519: dĕīs, Val. Fl. 7, 29), m. [[root]] in Sanscr.: dī, div- (dyu-), to [[gleam]]: dyāus (Gr. ζεύς), [[heaven]]: dévas, God; cf. Gr. διος, [[εὐδία]]; [[but]] not [[θεός]], Curt. Gr. etym. 503 sqq.. a [[god]], a [[deity]] (for syn. cf.: [[divus]], [[numen]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop., Cic. N. D. 1, 22 sq.; id. Tusc. 1, 26, 65 sq.; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14: qualem te patriae custodem di genuerunt, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 41 (Ann. v. 116 sq. ed Vahl.): ab Jove ceterisque dis deabusque immortalibus ... deorum immortalium [[numen]], Cic. Rab. perd. 2, 5 et innum. al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Special combinations.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Forms of [[ejaculation]]: di, Ter. And. 1, 4, 5; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 13: di boni, id. And. 2, 2, 1; id. Eun. 2, 1, 19; Cic. Att. 6, 6 fin. al.: di immortales, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 299; id. Ep. 5, 1, 21; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 1; Cic. Fin. 2, 28 fin. et saep.; cf.: pro di immortales, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 190; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 1: di magni, Ov. F. 6, 187: di deaeque, Plin. H. N. prooem. § 24: di vostram fidem, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 78; id. Trin. 2, 4, 190; Ter. And. 4, 3, 1; 4, 4, 5 al. (for [[which]] in [[full]]: di, [[obsecro]] vostram fidem, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 78); cf.: pro deum [[atque]] hominum fidem, Ter. And. 1, 5, 2; id. Hec. 2, 1, 1 al.; and ellipt.: pro deum immortalium, Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Forms of wishing ([[well]] or [[ill]]), [[greeting]], [[asseveration]], etc.: di [[bene]] vortant, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 101; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 10; and in the [[order]]: di vortant [[bene]], Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 98; id. Hec. 1, 2, 121: [[utinam]] di faxint ut, ne, etc., Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 85; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 109; cf.: ita di deaeque faxint, id. Hec. 1, 2, 27: di faciant, ut, ne, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 35; 2, 5, 13: di prohibeant, Ter. And. 3, 3, 36; cf.: di averruncent, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 2 A, 1; and: [[quod]] di [[omen]] avertant, the gods [[forbid]], Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35: di [[melius]] faciant, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 81; cf.: di [[melius]] duint, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 16: di meliora ferant, Tib. 3, 4, 1: di meliora velint, Ov. M. 7, 37; also ellipt.: di meliora, God [[forbid]]! Cic. Phil. 8, 3, 9; id. de Sen. 14, 47; Liv; 39, 10 et saep.; and di [[melius]], Ov. H. 3, 125; Sen. Ep. 98 med.: [[dent]] [[tibi]] di [[multa]] bona, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 80; cf. id. ib. 3, 3, 54; id. Trin. 5, 2, 28; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 21: di te servassint, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 64; id. Trin. 2, 2, 103 et saep.: di me servatum volunt, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 61; id. Trin. 4, 3, 69 et saep.: di te perduint (perdant), Plaut. As. 2, 4, 61; id. Ps. 4, 7, 129; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 10 al.; cf.: di te eradicent, Ter. And. 4, 4, 22; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 28; and: di [[tibi]] [[male]] faciant, id. Phorm. 2, 3, 47; Cic. Fam. 11, 21 al.: di te ament (amabunt), as a form of [[greeting]], God [[bless]] [[you]]! Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 27; 3, 2, 28; id. Men. 2, 2, 6 al.: ita me di ament (amabunt), so [[help]] me the gods! Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 30; Ter. And. 5, 4, 44 et saep.; cf.: ita me di [[bene]] ament, id. Eun. 4, 1, 1; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 13: per deos immortales, by the [[immortal]] gods! Cic. Phil. 3, 14: per deos, id. Off. 2, 2 al.: cum dis volentibus, by the gods' [[help]], Enn. in Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 207 ed. Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 41; id. Pers. 3, 1, 4; cf.: dis volentibus, God [[willing]], Sall. 3, 14, 19: si dis placet, if it [[please]] the gods, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 94; for [[which]]: si di volent, id. Poen. 4, 2, 88; [[more]] freq.: si dis placet, [[ironically]] or [[contemptuously]], an't [[please]] the gods; if [[you]] [[please]]; [[forsooth]], Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Pis. 16 fin.; Liv. 6, 40; 34, 32; Quint. 8, 3, 44; Flor. 3, 4, 1 al.: di hominesque, i. e. all the [[world]], [[every]] [[body]], Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 19; Sall. C. 15, 4; Liv. 3, 17; 3, 19 al.: dis hominibusque invitis, in [[spite]] of [[every]] [[body]], Cic. Vatin. 16, 38; id. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In poets [[sometimes]] a [[goddess]]; cf. Gr. [[θεός]]: ducente deo (sc. Venere), Verg. A. 2, 632: audentes [[deus]] [[ipse]] juvat (sc. Fortuna), Ov. M. 10, 586; Macr. Sat. 3, 8; cf. of [[Aurora]], Cat. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 28 fin.; of [[Alecto]], Verg. A. 7, 498 ([[but]] in all these passages, [[some]] [[regard]] [[deus]] as absol., = τὸ [[θεῖον]], the [[divinity]], Heyne ad Verg. A. 2, 632).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[Bacchus]], Verg. A. 9, 337; 1, 636.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> In eccl. Lat., esp. the God of the Hebrews and Christians, God: Deus [[summus]], Lact. 1, 1: [[omnipotens]], Vulg. Gen. 17, 1 et [[passim]]. Also of the Son of God, God the Son, Christ: Deus [[pater]] et Deus [[filius]], Lact. 4, 29, 1; Vulg. Johan. 1, 1 al.<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of [[highly]] [[distinguished]] or [[fortunate]] persons: te in dicendo [[semper]] putavi deum, Cic. Or. 1, 23, 106; cf. id. ib. 2, 42, 179: [[facio]] te [[apud]] illum deum, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 19: audiamus Platonem [[quasi]] quendam deum philosophorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 12; cf.: [[deus]] [[ille]] [[noster]] [[Plato]], id. Att. 4, 16, 3: ubi [[nunc]] nobis [[deus]] [[ille]] [[magister]], [[Eryx]], Verg. A. 5, 392: deos [[quoniam]] [[propius]] contingis (i. e. [[Augustus]] and [[Maecenas]]), Hor. S. 2, 6, 52: [[deus]] [[sum]], si hoc ita est, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 3; cf.: [[sum]] [[deus]], Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 11; esp. of [[great]] patrons or protectors, a [[guardian]] [[god]]: [[Lentulus]] [[consul]], [[parens]] [[deus]], [[salus]] nostrae vitae, Cic. [[post]] Red. ad Quir. 5, 11: [[Lentulus]], cujus [[pater]] [[deus]] ac [[parens]] nominis mei, id. Sest. 69, 144.—Hence freq. in inscriptions and on coins of the [[period]] of the [[empire]], as an epithet of the emperors: DEO AUG., Inscr. Orell. 609 et saep.; cf. Nem. Venat. 71; Calp. Ecl. 7.
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|gf=<b>dĕus</b>,⁴ ī, m. (arch. deivos )<br /><b>1</b> Dieu, Divinité : Cic. Rep. 6, 17 ; Tim. 26 ; etc. &#124;&#124; di [[boni]] ! Cic. Mil. 59, grands dieux ! dieux bons ! di immortales ! Cic. Nat. 1, 72, dieux immortels ! ou [[pro]] di immortales ! Cic. Par. 42 ; v. [[fides]] ; [avec ellipse de fidem ] [[pro]] deum immortalium ! Cic. Fr. F 1, 8, au nom des dieux immortels ! [[per]] deos ou [[per]] deos immortales Cic. Off. 2, 5 ; Balbo 23, au nom des dieux, par les dieux immortels &#124;&#124; di [[melius]] duint (dent), di meliora ferant, velint. Ter. Phorm. 1005 ; Tib. 3, 4, 1 ; Ov. M. 7, 37 ou simpl<sup>t</sup> di meliora Cic. Phil. 8, 9, que les dieux nous assistent ! aux dieux ne plaise ! les dieux nous en préservent ! di vortant [[bene]] ! Ter. Eun. 390, que les dieux nous protègent ! cf. Ad. 728 ; Hec. 196, etc.; [[quod]] di [[omen]] avertant ! Cic. Phil. 3, 35, que les dieux détournent ce présage ! si [[dis]] placet Cic. Pis. 38, [ironique] dieu me pardonne !<br /><b>2</b> [fig., en parl. de qqn] un dieu : Cic. de Or. 1, 106 ; Nat. 2, 32 ; Att. 4, 16, 3 ; Sest. 144 ; Quir. 11. voc. sing. inus., mais à la décad. [[deus]] Vulg. Psalm. 22, 3 ou dee Tert. Marc. 1, 29 &#124;&#124; pl. nom. di, [[dii]], dei ; gén. deorum et deum ; dat. [[dis]], diis, deis &#124;&#124; [[deus]] monos. Pl. Amph. 53.||di [[boni]] ! Cic. Mil. 59, grands dieux ! dieux bons ! di immortales ! Cic. Nat. 1, 72, dieux immortels ! ou [[pro]] di immortales ! Cic. Par. 42 ; v. [[fides]] ; [avec ellipse de fidem ] [[pro]] deum immortalium ! Cic. Fr. F 1, 8, au nom des dieux immortels ! [[per]] deos ou [[per]] deos immortales Cic. Off. 2, 5 ; Balbo 23, au nom des dieux, par les dieux immortels||di [[melius]] duint (dent), di meliora ferant, velint. Ter. Phorm. 1005 ; Tib. 3, 4, 1 ; Ov. M. 7, 37 ou simpl<sup>t</sup> di meliora Cic. Phil. 8, 9, que les dieux nous assistent ! aux dieux ne plaise ! les dieux nous en préservent ! di vortant [[bene]] ! Ter. Eun. 390, que les dieux nous protègent ! cf. Ad. 728 ; Hec. 196, etc.; [[quod]] di [[omen]] avertant ! Cic. Phil. 3, 35, que les dieux détournent ce présage ! si [[dis]] placet Cic. Pis. 38, [ironique] dieu me pardonne !<br /><b>2</b> [fig., en parl. de qqn] un dieu : Cic. de Or. 1, 106 ; Nat. 2, 32 ; Att. 4, 16, 3 ; Sest. 144 ; Quir. 11. voc. sing. inus., mais à la décad. [[deus]] Vulg. Psalm. 22, 3 ou dee Tert. Marc. 1, 29||pl. nom. di, [[dii]], dei ; gén. deorum et deum ; dat. [[dis]], diis, deis||[[deus]] monos. Pl. Amph. 53.
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