Dies (deity)

Dies
	Primordial goddess of the day
	Hemera/Dies (1881) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Personal information
Parents	Scotus and Nox
Siblings	Aether; Mors
Consort	Aether
Children	Caelus; Thalassa; Terra
Greek equivalent	Hemera

Dies /ˈdaɪ.iːz/[1] (Latin diēs "day") was the personification of day Roman mythology, and the counterpart of the Greek goddess Hemera,[2][3] the daughter of Nox (Night) and Scotus (Darkness).

Name

The Latin noun diēs is based on the Proto-Italic accusative singular *dijēm, itself stemming from the Proto-Indo-European root *dyeu-, denoting the "diurnal sky" or the "brightness of the day" (in contrast to the darkness of the night).[4][5] The corresponding Proto-Indo-European day god is Dyeus.

References

"dies". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
Hyginus. Fabulae, Preface, translated by Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 95.
Cicero. de Natura Deorum, 3.17
de Vaan 2008, p. 170.
West 2007, p. 167.

Bibliography

de Vaan, Michiel (2008). Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages. Brill. ISBN 9789004167971.
West, Martin L. (2007). Indo-European Poetry and Myth. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-928075-9.

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[1] "dies". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

[2] Hyginus. Fabulae, Preface, translated by Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 95.

[3] Cicero. de Natura Deorum, 3.17

[FOOTNOTEde_Vaan2008170-4] Vaan 2008, p. 170.

[FOOTNOTEWest2007167-5] West 2007, p. 167.