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Diabolus

Diabolus

See also: diabolus

Latin

Noun

Diabolus m ‎(genitive Diabolī); second declension

the Devil.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Diabolus	Diabolī
genitive	Diabolī	Diabolōrum
dative	Diabolō	Diabolīs
accusative	Diabolum	Diabolōs
ablative	Diabolō	Diabolīs
vocative	Diabole	Diabolī

References

diabolus

diabolus

See also: Diabolus

Latin

Alternative forms

diabulus

Noun

diabolus m ‎(genitive diabolī); second declension

devil

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	diabolus	diabolī
genitive	diabolī	diabolōrum
dative	diabolō	diabolīs
accusative	diabolum	diabolōs
ablative	diabolō	diabolīs
vocative	diabole	diabolī

Synonyms

(devil): zābolus

Derived terms

Descendants

Albanian: djall
Asturian: diablu
Basque: deabru
Catalan: diable
Dalmatian: diaul
Dutch: duivel
English: devil
French: diable
Friulian: diaul
German: Teufel
Icelandic: djöfull
Irish: diabhal
Istriot: giavo
Italian: diavolo
Occitan: diable

Old English: dēofol
Old High German: tiufal
Old Portuguese: diabo, diaboo, diablo, diabre
Pennsylvania German: Deiwel
Polish: diabeł
Portuguese: diabo
Romansch: diavel
Sardinian: diàbulu, diàulu, diàvulu
Sicilian: diàvulu
Scottish Gaelic: diabhal
Spanish: diablo
Swedish: djävul
Venetian: diavoło, diol, diauło, diaolo, diaoło, diaol, dial
Walloon: diale

References

diabolus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
DIABOLUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “diabolus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.