diu
- third-personsingularpresentindicative ofdir
- (Alghero)inflection ofdiure:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
The Algherese imperative formdiu alternates with the formdigue, the latter seeing use when the pronouns-li or-lis or the pronoun cluster-lis-hi attach to the end of the verb.
- El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona,2003,→ISBN, page47
FromLatindeus, fromOld Latindeivos, fromProto-Italic*deiwos, fromProto-Indo-European*deywós. Cognates includeItaliandio andFrenchdieu.
diu m (pluraldii)
- god,deity
- When referring to the Judeo-ChristianGod, the lemmaDiu is used.
FromLatindeus.
diu m (pluraldius)
- god,deity
FromProto-Italic*djous, fromProto-Indo-European*dyéw(i)(“during the day”), locative case of*dyḗws, withd possibly imported fromdiēs. Cognate withOld Armenianտիւ(tiw),Sanskritदिवा(divā,“by day”).
diū (comparativediūtius,superlativediūtissimē)
- long, a longwhile, awhile, for long, for a long time
- Synonym:longinquō
- Antonym:paulisper
63BCE,Cicero,Catiline Orations[1]:Quamdiu quisquam erit qui te defendere audeat, vives, et vives ita ut nunc vivis, multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus ne commovere te contra rem publicam possis. Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.- Aslong as one person exists who can dare to defend you, you shall live; but you shall live as you do now, surrounded by my many and trusty guards, so that you shall not be able to stir one finger against the republic: many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, though you shall not perceive them.
- continually,all day
- longenough
- “diu”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “diu”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- diu inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book[2], London:Macmillan and Co.
- the issue of the day was for a long time uncertain:diu anceps stetit pugna
- diu inRamminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed))Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
diu
- Nonstandard spelling ofdiū.
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
diu (emphaticdiuish)
- second-personplural/formal ofda
- toyou
- IPA(key): (before 13th CE)/ˈdyː/
diu
- nominativesingularfeminine ofdër
- nominative/accusativepluralneuter ofdër
FromLatindeus.
diu m (pluraldius)
- agod
FromLatindeus.
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.u/,[ˈd̪iːʊ̠]
- Hyphenation:dì‧u
diu m (pluraldii ordei)
- god,deity
