English Explanatory Dictionary

dies

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of die
noun
  1. plural of die (when used in the sense of a pattern / of obsolete spelling of dye)
name
  1. One of the Protogenoi, the Protogenos personification of day. She is the daughter of fellow Protogenoi, Nox/Nyx (Night) and Erebus (Darkness), and sister-wife of Aether. She is the Roman counterpart of Hemera.
  2. A surname from Spanish.

Pronunciation

/daɪz/ en-us-dies.ogg

Word forms

dies

Etymology

From Latin dies (“Day”).

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