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Rh 2. Dĭvo:— Skr. diva, neut. 'heaven, day,' as in naktan-divam, 'by night and by day;' Greek (for ), 'at noon, in the open air;' Latin bi-duum, 'the space of two days,' tri-duum, 'the space of three days;' Welsh dyw, adverbial, as in he-ᵭyw, 'to-day,' dyw Llun (now Dywllun and even Dwyllun), 'on Monday,' and dyw Iau (now in N. Wales Difia '  and Dufia ' ), 'on Thursday.'

3. Dĭves:—Skr. divasa, mas. and neut. 'heaven, day,' from a stem divas; Greek for  in, 'calm, sheltered,' , used as comp. and sup. of ; Lat. Dies-piter (for Dives-piter), 'Jupiter.'

4. Dĭvio, dĭvia:—Skr. divya, 'heavenly, divine;' Greek (for ), of the same meaning; Lat. dîo (for divio) in sub dîo, 'under the open sky.'

5. Dēvo, dēva:—Skr. deva, 'godlike, divine,' mas. 'a god;' Lat. dîvus, 'godlike,' contracted into deus, 'a god,' like oleum for olîvum; Lithuanian dȅva-s, 'God;' Gaulish dêvo-s, in such names as Dêvo-gnâta, with which compare such Greek names as ; Irish día, 'a god, God,' gen. déi (for dêvi); Welsh doiu, duiu (now dwyf or dwy), as in Gwas Duiu, a man's name meaning 'God's servant,' dwywol, dwyfol, 'divine,' and meu-dwy, 'a hermit,' literally ' Servus Dei.'

6. Dēvia:—Skr. devī, 'a goddess;' Lith. dȅve, 'a goddess;' Welsh doiu or duiu (now dwyf and mostly dwy), as in Dubr-Duin, Dyfrdwyf or Dyfrdwy, 'the river Dee,'