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Dio
Dio
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Deus, from deus, from earlier *dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deiuos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.o/, [ˈd̪iːo]
- Hyphenation: Dì‧o
Proper noun
Dio m
- the supreme being according to Christianity; God
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Noun
dio (accusative singular dion, plural dioj, accusative plural diojn)
- a god
Derived terms
Ido
Etymology
Borrowing from Italian dì, Spanish día, ultimately form Latin diēs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.o/, /ˈdi.ɔ/
Noun
dio (plural dii)
- day (24-hour period).
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See also
- (days of the week) dii di la semano; lundio, mardio, merkurdio, jovdio, venerdio, saturdio, sundio (Category: io:Days of the week)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.o/, [ˈd̪iːo]
- Hyphenation: dì‧o
Etymology 1
From Latin deus, from earlier *dẹ̄vos, from Old Latin deiuos, from Proto-Italic *deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.
Noun
dio m (plural dei, archaic plural dii, feminine dea)
- god, deity
- (informal) one who is remarkably skilled in something; ace, crackerjack, wiz
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Etymology 2
From Latin dius, alternate form of dīvus (“divine, godlike”).
Adjective
dio (feminine dia, masculine plural dii, feminine plural die) (obsolete, poetic)
- bright, resplendent, shining (in a divine fashion)
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XIV, page 250:
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[…] E io udi' nella luce più dia ¶ del minor cerchio una voce modesta, […]
- […] And I heard in the most resplendent light ¶ of the lesser circle a modest voice, […]
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[…] E io udi' nella luce più dia ¶ del minor cerchio una voce modesta, […]
- 1850, Giosuè Carducci, Juvenilia, volume II: “Alla beata Diana Giuntini”, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 74:
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Pur risplendeva oltre il mortal costume ¶ La dia bellezza nel sereno viso, […]
- Yet beyond the mortal custom shone ¶ The shining beauty in the serene visage, […]
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Pur risplendeva oltre il mortal costume ¶ La dia bellezza nel sereno viso, […]
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Latin
Adjective
diō
- dative masculine singular of dius
- dative neuter singular of dius
- ablative masculine singular of dius
- ablative neuter singular of dius
References
- dio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- dio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ekavian): dȅo
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dělъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dîo/
- Hyphenation: di‧o
Noun
dȉo m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏о)
Declension
Declension of dio
singular | plural | |
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nominative | dȉo | dijélovi |
genitive | dijéla | dijelova |
dative | dijelu | dijelovima |
accusative | dio | dijelove |
vocative | dio | dijelovi |
locative | dijelu | dijelovima |
instrumental | dijelom | dijelovima |