It's Latin for god. It can be used for any male deity, including the Abrahamic God, in which case it's capitalized. Dea is the feminine (goddess).
2007-05-18 05:20:39
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answered by Anonymous
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Deus is Latin for God, and the root for such English words as Deity and Deist
2007-05-18 12:36:00
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answered by Gordon B 5
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Etymology
From Latin deus "god, deity"
Proper noun
Deus (genitive Deī); m., second declension
God (in a Christian context)
Inflection Second declension (2). (singular only)
Check out ; http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Deus for more inf.
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Dictionary-De·us (dÄ'És)
n.
God.
[Middle English, from Latin.]
Wikipedia-Deus
See also Deus (disambiguation) and DEI.
Deus (pronounced ['deËus]) is the Latin word for "god" or "deity". The Latin words deus and dÄ«vus, and Greek διFÎ¿Ï = "divine", are descended from Primitive Indo-European *deiwos = "divine", from the same root as DyÄus, the reconstructed chief god of the Proto-Indo-European pantheon, also a cognate of the Greek ÎεÏ
Ï (Zeus). By the era of Classical Latin it was a general noun referring to any number of ***divine figures. The word continues to refer directly to God in the *** PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE .
Check out; http://www.answers.com/deus for more inf.
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******DEUS
1.) Literally, "God".
2.) Main boss(er, sorta) of the amazing RPG Xenogears; a false god.
Thou shall bow to thy deus, Aquasol!
God damn Deus! Bastard healed himself!
***DEUS
Origin - Latin
Urban Origin - Originally created by an awesome player of the game Guild Wars. Known for his amaizing ability to do absolutley nothing while his team is getting raped up the butt and also the only guy in the game to kill everyone on his team while keeping himself alive aswell as the other team. What made him really poppular was his awesome ability to use the words, newb, newbcake, and the ever popular phrase,you lack discipline, in a horribly done asian accent. Also known for his other amaizing ability to hate people who play WoW, kill large numbers of newbs ranging from 100 to 1000 in seconds, calling the cops on "deus haters", and ghetto
Check out; http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=deus for more inf.
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I hope that these help you.
2007-05-18 12:45:36
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answered by * 4
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It's Latin for God.
2007-05-18 13:33:32
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answered by steiner1745 7
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It means God and it is taken from the Greek Deos. It does not, linguistically, apply specifically to the Judeo Christian God, as it was used by the Romans to describe heathen gods.
2007-05-18 12:29:13
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answered by Doethineb 7
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God.
It is also Deus in Portuguese.
2007-05-18 13:04:02
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answered by Kalikina 7
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It is. It means Dios
2007-05-18 17:37:08
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answered by Dios es amor 6
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It means "God" or "god," depending on the context.
2007-05-18 14:44:19
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answered by Carlos Esteban 4
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God.
Convenient to be french here, we say "Dieu" :)
2007-05-18 12:21:15
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answered by snewpette 3
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God
2007-05-18 14:15:41
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answered by M.M.D.C. 7
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