• dĭes (dīes,
Liv. Andron. Fragm. Odys. 7), ēi (ēī,
Verg. A. 4, 156;
Hor. S. 1, 8, 35 et
saep.;
dissyl.: di-ei, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 31; also
gen. dies, die, and dii—dies, as in acies, facies, pernicies,
etc., Enn.
ap. Gell. 9, 14; Ann. v. 401 Vahl.;
Cic. Sest. 12, 28 ap. Gell.
l. l.:
die, Prisc. p. 780 P.; even in
Verg. G. 1, 208, where Gellius reads dies, v. Wagner
ad loc., nearly all
MSS. have die;
cf. Rib. and Forbig.
ad loc.; so,
die, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 59;
id. Capt. 4, 2, 20;
Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 5;
id. B. C. 1, 14, 3;
3, 76, 2;
Just. 2, 11, 17;
cf. Oud. ad B. G. 2, 23, 1. Die appears to be certain in
Sall. J. 52, 3;
97, 3. Also in
Cic. Sest. 12, 28, Gellius reads dies, where our
MSS., except the Cod. Lamb., have diei;
perh. those words do not belong to Cicero himself. Form dii, Verg. A. 1, 636, Rib. and Forbig. after Serv. and Gell.
l. l.—
Dat., diēī,
saep. die,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 120,
acc. to
Serv. Verg. G. 1, 208;
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 48;
id. Capt. 3, 1, 4;
id. Trin. 4, 2, 1;
once dii, id. Merc. 1, Prol. 13;
cf. Roby, Gram. 1, 121
sq.);
m. (in sing. sometimes
f.,
esp. in the
signif. no. I. B. 1.) [root Sanscr. dī, gleam: dinas, day;
Gr. δῖος, heavenly;
cf. Lat. Jovis (Diovis), Diana, deus, dīvus,
etc. Old form, dius (for divus);
cf.: nudius, diu,
etc. The word also appears in composition in many particles, as pridem, hodie, diu,
etc., v. Corss. Auspr. 2, 855
sq.],
a day (
cf.: tempus, tempestas, aetas, aevum, spatium, intervallum).