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Dii Majores

Dii Majores noun: the twelve great gods of Roman mythology, namely Juno, Vesta, Minerva, Ceres, Diana, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune, Vulcan, and Apollo.

Noun

Dii Majores (uncountable)

  1. (Roman, plural) The twelve great gods of Roman mythology, namely Juno, Vesta, Minerva, Ceres, Diana, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune, Vulcan, and Apollo.
  2. (plural) By extension, any illustrious or eminent group of people, not necessarily twelve in number; most frequently applied to writers of literature.
    • the twelve Di Majores of Latin letters

Forms of Dii Majores

alternative formDei Majores
alternative formDi Majores
alternative formgeminatio vocalium

Origin of Dii Majores

From Latin di maiores (literally “greater gods”).

Questions about Dii Majores

What does Dii Majores mean?
Dii Majores means the twelve great gods of Roman mythology, namely Juno, Vesta, Minerva, Ceres, Diana, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune, Vulcan, and Apollo.
What part of speech is Dii Majores?
Dii Majores is a noun.

Words near Dii Majores in the dictionary

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  8. diiambi
  9. diiambic
  10. diiambs
  11. diiambus

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