Deus

[ dee-uhs, dey-; Latin de-oos ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Deus

/ ˈdeɪʊs /

Origin of Deus¹

1250–1300; < Latin: god, earlier deiuos; cognate with Sanskrit deva, Lithuanian diẽvas, Old Irish día

Origin of Deus¹

related to Greek Zeus

He made it all happen; the deus ex machina of the whole thing.

Then out of the mist, a whirring of helicopter blades, and, deus ex machina, a man descends fromt he chopper to winch you aboard.

By the end of each half hour, conflict has been quickly resolved, often by some deus ex machina.

Unus illis deus est; hunc Christiani, hunc Judæi, hunc homnes venerantur et gentes.

"Deus Creator omnium," this verse of eight syllables alternates between short and long syllables.

La Royne et mons de Morvillier trettent eus deus seulz avecques eus, ce sont aujourdhuy les grans cous.

Now we all hate carrying 70 253 lbs., but fortunately at this crisis a deus ex machin appeared in the person of a stranger.

Ideo mittet illis Deus operationem erroris ut credant mendacia.

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[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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