deum

See also: Deum and deûm

Latin

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deum

  1. accusative singular of deus
  2. (poetic) genitive plural of deus
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 63.68:
      ego nunc deum ministra et Cybeles famula ferar?
      Shall I now be called a ministress of the gods and a handmaid of Cybele?
    • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 5:
      ...pandere palmas ante deum delubra
      ...to extend one's palms before the shrines of the gods.

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