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|lshtext=<b>dīvīnus</b>: a, um, adj. [[divus]],<br /><b>I</b> of or belonging to a [[deity]], [[divine]] ([[class]]. and [[very]] freq.).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: divinae Matris [[imago]], Lucr. 2, 609: [[numen]], id. 1, 154; 4, 1233; Cic. N. D. 1, 9, 22; id. Mil. 30 fin. al.: [[stirps]], Verg. A. 5, 711; Ov. M. 2, 633; cf. [[semen]], id. ib. 1, 78; and, [[origo]], Liv. 1, 15: [[Pergamum]] divina moenitum manu, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2; cf.: non [[sine]] [[ope]] divina [[bellum]] gerere, Caes. B. G. 2, 31, 2; and: [[quasi]] [[divino]] consilio, Cic. Fam. 13, 4 fin.: stellae divinis animatae mentibus, Cic. Rep. 6, 15: divina studia colere, id. ib. 6, 18: animos hominum esse divinos, i. e., of [[divine]] [[origin]], id. Lael. 4, 13; cf.: hoc divinum [[animal]] ([[homo]], [[shortly]] [[before]]: [[quasi]] mortalem deum), id. Fin. 2, 13, 40: [[aliquis]] [[instinctus]] inflatusque, id. Div. 1, 6 fin.; cf.: [[causa]] divinior, id. Fin. 5, 11, 33 et saep.: condimenta, enjoyed by the gods, [[divine]], Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 37: [[odor]] (Veneris), Verg. A. 1, 403; cf. [[decoris]], id. ib. 5, 647: ars Palladis, id. ib. 2, 15 et saep.: divinissima dona, i. e., [[most]] [[worthy]] of a [[deity]], Cic. Leg. 2, 18: re divina facta, i. e., [[religious]] [[exercise]], [[divine]] [[worship]], [[sacrifice]], etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 13; in this [[sense]] res divina is [[very]] freq., id. Epid. 2, 3, 11; 3, 3, 34 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 7; id. Hec. 1, 2, 109; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; id. Div. 2, 10; Nep. Hann. 2, 4; Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 7; Suet. Tib. 44 et saep.; [[less]] freq. in the plur. divinae res, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 81; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; id. Div. 2, 10; Liv. 23, 11.—In plur. also in gen. for [[religious]] affairs, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 4; 6, 21, 1; Cic. Div. 1, 4 fin.—Also verba, a form of [[prayer]], [[Cato]] R. R. 14, 3: religiones (opp. [[fides]] humana), Liv. 9, 9; cf. id. 34, 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Freq. [[connected]] [[with]] [[humanus]] as a stronger [[designation]] for all things, things of [[every]] [[kind]], etc. (cf.: di hominesque under [[deus]], I. B. fin.): dedunt se, divina humanaque omnia, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 102; cf. id. Trin. 2, 4, 78; Liv. 9, 14; Suet. Caes. 84: res, Cic. Lael. 6: jura, id. Rosc. Am. 23 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 6 fin.: scelera, Liv. 3, 19; cf. id. 29, 18 fin.: [[spes]], id. 10, 40 et saep. But in the [[explanation]] of [[philosophia]] by [[scientia]] divinarum humanarumque rerum, the [[term]] divinae res denotes [[nature]], [[physics]], as [[distinguished]] from humanae res, i. e. [[morals]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7; 4, 26, 57; id. Off. 1, 43, 153; 2, 2, 5; id. Fin. 2, 12, 37; Sen. Ep. 88; 90; Quint. 12, 2, 8; 20 al.; cf. Cic. Or. 34; Quint. 10, 1, 35.—So [[too]] in jurid. lang., divinae res signifies [[natural]] laws, in opp. to humanae res, [[positive]] laws, Cic. Sest. 42, 91; Just. Inst. 1, 1; Dig. 1, 1, 10.—dīvīnum, i, n.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[deity]], τό [[θεῖον]]: divina si faverint, God [[willing]], Pall. 1, 1, 2; Juv. 15, 144; Amm. 23, 6; id. 22, 16 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[divine]], [[that]] [[which]] [[comes]] from God, [[nihil]] est [[divino]] divinius, Sen. Ep. 66, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That [[which]] is under the [[sanction]] of a [[god]]; [[hence]]: [[quicquam]] divini credere alicui; or [[simply]]: divini alicui credere, to [[believe]] one [[upon]] [[oath]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].): [[numquam]] [[edepol]] tu mihi divini [[quicquam]] creduis, in, etc., Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40: [[quid]] ei divini aut humani aequum est credere? id. Poen. 2, 1, 20: nam mihi divini [[numquam]] [[quisquam]] creduat, ni, etc., id. Bacch. 3, 3, 99; id. As. 5, 2, 4.<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Divinely [[inspired]], [[prophetic]]: aliquid praesagiens [[atque]] divinum, Cic. Div. 1, 38: [[animus]] appropinquante morte [[multo]] est divinior, etc., id. ib. 1, 30, 63; cf. id. ib. 1, 28 fin.: cum [[ille]] [[potius]] [[divinus]] fuerit, Nep. Att. 9, 1: divinarum sagacem flammarum, Sil. 3, 344: divini [[quicquam]], Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 40; cf. id. Bacch. 3, 4, 5; also joined to humani, id. As. 5, 2, 4; id. Poen. 2, 20.—Poet. of poets: [[vates]], Hor. A. P. 400; cf.: divini pectoris carmina, Lucr. 1, 731.—With gen.: divina futuri Sententia, Hor. A. P. 218: [[avis]] imbrium imminentium, id. C. 3, 27, 10.— Subst.: dīvīnus, i, m., a [[soothsayer]], [[prophet]] = [[vates]], Cic. Div. 1, 58; 2, 3; id. Fat. 8; Liv. 1, 36; Hor. S. 1, 6, 114; Vulg. Deut. 18, 11 al.—In the fem.: dīvīna, ae, a [[prophetess]], Petr. 7, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Like [[caelestis]] ([[but]] [[far]] [[more]] freq. in [[prose]]), godlike, [[superhuman]], [[admirable]], [[excellent]]: ex [[maxime]] [[raro]] genere hominum et [[paene]] [[divino]], Cic. Lael. 18: ingenio esse [[divino]], id. Rep. 2, 2: magni cujusdam [[civis]] et divini viri, id. ib. 1, 29; cf.: caelestes divinaeque legiones, id. Phil. 5, 11: [[senatus]] in supplicatione deneganda, id. Q. Fr. 2, 8: [[homo]] in dicendo, id. de Or. 1, 10, 40: [[homo]], [[Crispus]] ap. Quint. 8, 5, 17: [[orator]], Quint. 4, 3, 13 et saep.: [[incredibilis]] quaedam et divina [[virtus]], Cic. Rep. 3, 3: [[fides]], id. Mil. 33 fin.: [[admurmuratio]] [[senatus]], id. Verr. 2, 5, 16: [[memoria]], id. Ac. 2, 1, 2: [[eloquentia]] M. Tullii, Quint. 2, 16, 7: [[facultas]] eloquendi, id. 10, 1, 81: [[ille]] [[nitor]] loquendi, id. ib. 83: [[illa]] [[ironia]], id. ib. 4, 1, 70: haec in te, Sulpici, divina sunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 29 et saep.—In the comp.: ratione [[nihil]] est in homine divinius, Cic. Fin. 5, 13 fin.; id. Par. 1, 3, 14. Under the [[empire]] an epithet [[often]] bestowed on the emperors: [[domus]], Phaedr. 5, 8, 38: [[princeps]], Nazar. [[Pan]]. Const. Aug. 35, 3; cf. Inscr. Orell. 277; 339: [[indulgentia]], Dig. 1, 4, 3 et saep.—Adv.: dīvīne.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I.) In a godlike [[manner]], [[through]] godlike [[power]]: [[nunc]] tu [[divine]] fac huc [[assis]] [[Sosia]], Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II.)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> By [[divine]] inspiration, [[prophetically]]: plura [[divine]] praesensa et praedicta reperiri, Cic. Div. 1, 55; id. Att. 10, 4; and in the comp., id. Rep. 2, 5 Mos. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In a godlike, [[superhuman]], [[admirable]] [[manner]], [[divinely]]: [[divine]] [[Plato]] escam malorum appellat voluptatem, Cic. de Sen. 13, 44; Quint. 1, 6, 18; 11, 1, 62.—Sup. does not [[occur]].