δῖος

See also: Διός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *díyyos, from Proto-Indo-European *diwyós (“heavenly”), from *dyew- (“sky”) +‎ *-yós. Cognate with Sanskrit दिव्य (divyá), and related to Ζεύς (Zeús, “Zeus”), Latin deus (“god”), and the first element of English Tuesday.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

δῖος • (dîos)

  1. (poetic) heavenly, divine, noble (Homeric epithet of persons and gods)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.5–7
      Διὸς δ᾽ ἐτελείετο βουλή,
      ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε
      Ἀτρεΐδης τε ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν καὶ δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς.
      Diòs d᾽ eteleíeto boulḗ,
      ex hoû dḕ tà prôta diastḗtēn erísante
      Atreḯdēs te ánax andrôn kaì dîos Akhilleús.
      and the will of Zeus was fulfilled,
      starting when they first stood apart and quarreled:
      [Agamemnon] the son of Atreus, lord of men, and divine Achilles.

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