[ˈdiː.wũː], [ˈdiː.vum]
OriginNominalization of the neuter singular forms of dīvus (“divine”), compare sub Iove ― under the sky, the heavens (literally, “under Jupiter, god of the sky”).
- declension-2the sky, open air
“sub dīvō” — under the sky, in the open air
“Ne 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,” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
“Non ego te, candide Bassareu,
invitum quatiam nec variis obsita frondibus
sub divum rapiam. Saeva tene cum Berecyntio
cornu tympana, quae subsequitur caecus amor sui
et tollens vacuum plus nimio glori” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- form-ofinflection of dīvus
“Vos ego saepe meo, uos carmine compellabo,
Teque adeo eximie taedis felicibus aucte
Thessaliae columen Peleu, cui Iuppiter ipse,
Ipse suos divum genitor concessit amores.
Tene Thetis tenuit pulcherrim” — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- accusative, form-of, singularaccusative singular
- form-of, genitive, plural, poeticgenitive plural
- accusative, form-of, neuter, nominative, singularnominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative, form-of, masculine, singularaccusative masculine singular
Formsdīvum(canonical, neuter, singular) · dīvī(genitive) · dīvum(nominative, singular) · dīvī(genitive, singular) · dīvō(dative, singular) · dīvum(accusative, singular) · dīvō(ablative, singular) · dīvum(singular, vocative) · dīvum(canonical)
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