dio
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdio/
- Hyphenation: di‧o
- Rhymes: -io
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Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiʀəm.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.o/, [ˈd̪iːo]
- Rhymes: -io
- 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, feminine plural dee)
- god, deity
- (informal) one who is remarkably skilled in something; ace, crackerjack, wiz
Derived terms
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:
- […] 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, […]
- 1850, Giosuè Carducci, Juvenilia, volume II: “Alla beata Diana Giuntini”, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 74:
- 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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Synonyms
Latin
Adjective
diō
References
- dio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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
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 |
Turkish
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