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Proper noun

Dives m ?

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Icteridae – certain New World blackbirds.

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

English

Noun

dives

1. plural of dive

Verb

dives

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of dive

Anagrams

• vides

Latin

Alternative forms

• dīs

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deywós, the same source as deus ‎(“god”) and dīvus ‎(“divine”). Originally meaning "favored by the gods, blessed, divine".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.wes/, [ˈdiː.wɛs]

Adjective

dīves m, f, n ‎(genitive dīvitis, comparative dīvitior, superlative dīvitissimus); third declension

1. rich, wealthy
2. (of land) productive, fertile
3. talented

Declension

Third declension, one ending, parisyllabic i-stem variant. Third declension, non-i-stem (genitive plural in -um).

Noun

dīves m ‎(genitive dīvitis); third declension

1. a rich man (substantive of dives)

Declension

Third declension.

References

• dives in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dives in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DIVES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dives”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to raise a man from poverty to wealth: aliquem ex paupere divitem facere