A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

divus,-a,-um (adj.A), also dius,-a-um (adj.A) [= Gk. dios]: godlike, divine, “an epithet applied to anything deified or of extraordinary excellence or distinction;” “after the Augustan period divus became a frequent ‘epithet for the deceased Roman emperors’ in the historians, and on coins and inscriptions” (Lewis & Short); “charged with the brightness of day, daylit; (of persons) having a supernatural radiance, divine; (of thoughts, feelings, etc.) divinely inspired” (Glare); noble, beautiful, fine; “belonging to the gods” (Stearn 1996); cf. dios,-a,-on (Gk. adj.), heavenly, divine; cf. divinus,-a,-um (adj.A);

- sententia Catonis diva, the excellent opinion of Cato.

- [lichen] Ad rupes cataractarum in amne “la Valogne” Vogesorum inventum a divo Dr. Demangeon; ad saxa granitosa aprica simul ac rorida, ex Dr. Mougeot in litt. (Nyl.), on rocks of cataracts found in the [rapidly flowing] stream “la Valogne” of the Vosges by the excellent [divine, distinguished] Dr. Demangeon; on granitose stones exposed [i.e. to the sun, unshaded] and at the same time wet [i.e. as with dew, perhaps spray from the Valogne], according to Dr. Mougeot in correspondence.

NOTE: the use of the epithet ‘divus’ may indicate that Demangeon was not alive when this passage was written.

As substantive, divus,-i (s.m.II), abl.sg. divo; diva,-ae (s.f.I), q.v.: a god, a goddess, a deity; “a saint” (Stetten).

- Decembri mense, in nemore Monialium Divae Ursulae (Mich.), in the December month, in the grove of the nuns of Saint Ursula.

- Sacellum,-i (s.n.II) Divi Stephani, the shrine (chapel) of Saint Stephan.

- Extra portam Divi Міniatis inter muscos tempore praedicto, & in moeniorum urbis nostrae rimis, ante horrea in loco dicto l’Uccello etiam erumpit (Mich.), beyond the gate of Saint Miniatus among mosses in the time already mentioned, and in the cracks in the (fortified) walls of our city [i.e. Florence], before the granary in the place called ‘l’Uccello’ it also sprouts out.

NOTE: [Saint Minias, also Minas and Miniatus, to whom the church of San Miniato al Monte is dedicated, Florence]

Dium,-dii (s.n.II), abl. sg. dio: sub dio, and sub diu, in the open air, = divum,-i (s.n.II), the sky; see divum,-i (s.n.II).

Divus,-i (s.m.II), abl.sg. divo: a god or deity; a saint = sanctus,-i (s.m.II), q.v.;

NOTE: the feminine, diva,-ae (s.f.I), q.v., a goddess; a (female) saint.

NOTE: “Saint Anthony” are two nouns referring to the same person; in Latin Divus,-i (s.m.II) Antonius,-ii (s.m.II). The two words together also stand in the same syntactic relation to the rest of the sentence, hence, are nouns in apposition.

(singular) Nom. Divus Antonius; Gen. Divi Antonii; Dat. Divo Antonio; Acc. Divum Antonium; Abl. Divo Antonio.

Some (male) saints: Divus Carolus; Divus Christoforus; Divus Johannes; Divus Felix.

NOTE: also that, although ‘Divus’ is a second declension noun, the actual name of the saint could be in another declension. Each noun is to be declined in the same case together, but in accordance with the declension to which the name applies: e.g. Antonius (s.m.II), gen.sg. Antonii; Felix (s.m.III), gen.sg. Felicis; Johannes,-is (s.m.III).

NOTE: Joseph or Ioseph is an indeclineable masculine noun: “Saint Joseph;’ Nom. Divus Joseph, Gen. Divi Joseph, Dat. Divo Joseph, Acc. Divum Joseph, Abl. Divo Joseph.

- In Pisanis, atque Florentinis locis udis, praefertim in Monte Scalari prope Abbatiam S. Сassiani loco la Croce di Faule (Mich.), in Pisan places, and also the wet Florentine localities, especially on Mount Scalari near the Abbey of Saint Cassian in the place [called] ‘la Croce di Faule.’

Divus,-i (s.m.II) Felix,-icis (s.m.III), abl.sg. Divo Felice: Saint Felix of Nola (died ca. 250) was a Christian presbyter at Nola near Naples in Italy; also Saint Felix of Valois (April 16, 1127 – November 4, 1212), from the Valois region of France.

Piper sancti-felicis, Saint Felix’ Pepper (Saint Felix of Nola).

- in dicto Мonte Fesulаno prope Villam D. Equitis ‘del Turco,’ juxta amnem ‘Emа,’ inter Pontem Divi Felicis, & Роntem Jozoli (Mich.), on the mountain called Fesulanus of the lord knight [domini equitis] ‘del Turco’ [i.e. of the del Turco family] beside the [rapidly flowing] river ‘Ema,’ between the Bridge of Saint Felix and the Bridge Jozoli.

NOTE: Sanctus Cassianus, Saint Cassian of Imola: Ioannes Eremita Cassianus, John the Ascetic.

- Filius Divi, son of the deified one (God) = Augustus Caesar, adopted son of Julius Caesar.

- Imperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus, the Emperor Caesar, August son of the Deified one (Julius).

- circa Abbatiam Divi Сassiani (Mich.), around the Abbey of Saint Cassian.

- venundatur Parisiis in vico divi Iacobi sub Lilio Aureo = [it is] sold in Paris in the Rue [i.e. street] St. Jacques under the [sign of] the Golden Lily (Maxwell 1998).

- ‘Cerchius,’ Cerchius Senator Florentinus, & Divi Stephani Eques (Mich.), Cerchius, Florentine Senator and Knight of Saint Stephan.

- Joannes Baptista Riccius Flor. D. Stephani Eques (Mich.) = Giovanni Battista Riccio Florentine [Florentinus] Knight of Saint [D. = Divi, gen.sg.] Stephan.

- [Riccia minima] in Juguli Plebania per sylvam caeduam, Castaneis consitam Ascetriarum Divi Felicis, & alibi in eodem territorio (Mich.), in Plebania Juguli throughout the cutting-wood [coppice-wood], planted to the Castaneae of the nuns of the of Saint Felix,and elsewhere in the same region.

- circa Рistorium extra portam Divi Магci (Mich.), around Pistorium beyond the gate of Saint Mark.

- In Casiniani, & Divi Pauli Paroeciis, per agros (Mich.), throughout the (cultivated) fields in the parish of Casiniani and of Saint Paul.

- Item ad Montis Fesulani radices in muris praediorum viae, quae a Coenobio D. Dominici ducit ad Раtrum Franciscanorum Ecclesiam dictam ‘la Doccia,’ circa medium iter, itemque in loco nuncupato’ ‘il Piano di Giullari’ ad parietes sуlvulae ruris Domini Senatoris, & Сomitis Ferrantis Сарponi (Mich.), again at the roots of Mount Fesulanus on the [city] walls of the estates on the road, which leads from the Coenobium [monastery] of D. [= Divi] Saint Dominic to the church of the Franciscan Fathers called “la Doccia,’ around midway, and again at the spot called ‘il Piano de Giullari’ on the [building] walls of the plantation of the [estate; farm] of the proprietor, senator [i.e. member of the senate] and Count Ferrante Capponi.

NOTE: Ferrante Capponi (cf. Capponi Chapel); Filippo Brunelleschi’s magnificently designed 16th-century Capponi Chapel in Florence, in the church of Santa Felicita; a Tuscan Senator.