Dios

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A deity or god in various mythological traditions, representing divine powers and attributes
2. An immortal being revered in religion, often associated with creation, governance, or natural forces
3. A supernatural entity worshipped within different cultures, embodying spirituality and moral authority

Etymology: Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, is named after a word that first meant simply "sky" or "day." In Greek, "Zeus" comes from the vocative of "Zeus," which in turn is related to "dios," the genitive form of "Zeus" that survived as an everyday adjective meaning "divine" and as the root of the Greek word for day, "dies." The Greek noun "Zeus" itself descends from a Proto-Indo-European root "*dyeu-," meaning "bright" or "shine," and the same root gave Latin "Iuppiter" (Jupiter) and Sanskrit "Dyaus," the Vedic sky god. Because Greek "dios" was once a sky-and-light word before it was a god's name, the Latin "dies" for "day" and the English "diurnal" and "deity" are distant cousins of it. The Greek poets had already made the connection feel natural: the sky itself was the god, and the god was the sky.

Synonyms: gods, deities, divinities

Antonyms: mortals, humans