dea Latin · revision 17913

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=3rd century BC, inscription|origins=ine-pro *deywós}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈde.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɛː.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dea''' ''f'' (genitive deae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ An inscription from Pisaurum (third century BC) has ''deiva''.^(de Vaan 2008)

+ The dative and ablative plural is ''deābus'', especially beside ''dīs'' (''dīs deābusque'', “to the gods and goddesses”); ''diīs'' and ''diābus'' are also found.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine of [[deus]] “god”: Old Latin “deiva” is [[inh|itc-pro|*deiwā]], the feminine of [[m|itc-pro|*deiwo-]], from [[ine-pro|*deywós|t=god]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Oscan has [[m|osc|deívaí|t=to the goddess]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The form ''deiva'' is found in a third-century BC inscription from Pisaurum.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan dates ''dea'' itself from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Dea'' means “goddess” throughout Latin.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) The TLL lists among its names ''Bona Dea'', “the Good Goddess”, and ''dea Dia''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 3rd century BC – ''deiva'' in an inscription from Pisaurum.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses ''dea''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''dīs deābusque''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|goddess]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sēmidea]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[deus]]

+ * [[dīvus]]

+ * [[dīva]]

+ * [[dīvīnus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}